Number of households presenting as homeless that claim Universal Credit
Dear FOI Team,
I write to request information on the number of households claiming Universal Credit and/or housing benefit who have presented to you as homeless while between January 2019 and April 2022.
As part of this request, I would like this information to be broken down into the following:
(i) The total number of households claiming Universal Credit presenting as homeless since January 2019, broken down into households living in leasehold property and council-owned property (otherwise known as council tenants) and years;
(i) The total number of households claiming housing benefit – part of the legacy welfare system – presenting as homeless since January 2019, broken down into households living in leasehold property and council-owned property (otherwise known as council tenants) and years.
Please present the information in Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Oliver Murphy
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Dear Oliver,
Thank you for submitting your FOI Request. We can confirm we have received details, the reference number is FOI-2223-216
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Sally Pearson
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Dear Oliver,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI-2223-216 -
Number of households claiming Universal Credit and/or housing benefit who
have presented as homeless between January 2019 and April 2022.
Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is enclosed in the attached spreadsheet. (Please note this does
not take in to account a number of those who have become homeless from
supported accommodation, housing association, living with friends and
family, rough sleeping etc.).
(1) The total number of households claiming Universal Credit presenting as
homeless since January 2019, broken down into households living in
leasehold property and council-owned property (otherwise known as council
tenants) and years;
(2) The total number of households claiming housing benefit – part of the
legacy welfare system – presenting as homeless since January 2019, broken
down into households living in leasehold property and council-owned
property (otherwise known as council tenants) and years.
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Yours sincerely
Wendy Halsey
Information Governance Officer
Corporate Services
Legal & Governance
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
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