Number of LGBT individuals making a homeless application between 2018-2022

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Your request:

I write to request information on the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) individuals who made a homeless application as legally
homeless and/or being threatened with homelessness between January 2018
and April 2022.

Note, individuals defined as anyone between the ages of 16-80 years-old.

As part of this request, I would like the information to be broken down
into the following:

(i) The number of individuals making a homeless application while 'legally
homeless' since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including
transgender), per month, per year and grand total;

Our response: 

Please see attached spreadsheet, please note that this data is taken from
April 2018 as this is when the HRA was introduced.

(ii) The number of individuals making a homeless application 'threatened
with homelessness' since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation
(including transgender), per month, per year and grand total; 

Our response: 

As above, please see attached spreadsheet.

(iii) The number of individuals supported into accommodation
(temporary/emergency) since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation
(including transgender), per month, per year and grand total; 

Our response: 

See attached. The column “Date entered temporary accommodation” represents
all clients which went into emergency or temporary accommodation

(iv) The number of individuals owed a prevention and/or relief duty since
2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including transgender), per
month, per year and grand total; 

Our response:

See attached. The columns for “Date Prevention Duty started” and “Date
Relief Duty started” reflect a duty owed.

(v) The number of individuals to date, still waiting to be supported into
accommodation, broken down by sexual orientation (including transgender). 

Our response:

Please see attached, our service confirms that this would be all cases
shown as ‘open’ under case status.