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[1]London Borough of Hounslow
23-Dec-2024

Dear Jo Staines,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. The reference number
is FIR012401.

We will respond to your request within 20 working days. If we need
clarification, we will contact you.

Please use the reference number above for all future communication about
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Customer Relations
London Borough of Hounslow

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Dear Jo Staines,

Thank you for your below FOI request.

This has been logged under reference number FIR012401 to the service team for a response. This response will follow to you within the 20 working day deadline.

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Dear Jo Staines,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 request – FIR012401

We are contacting you about your request for information received on
(20/12/2024).

Your Request

Can you please provide the below information about the private
accommodation that was available and offered to homeless households, on:
25th November 2024, and 26th November 2024. This includes all private
rented accommodation that was available for any of the following purposes:
discharge of the main duty, discharge of the relief duty, voluntary offers
and recommendations to households under any homeless duty.

This request is only about the availability of self contained private
rented accommodation with 2 bedrooms or less. We ask that in the reply
studio flats are differentiated from one bedroom flats.

Q1) For each accommodation unit available to let/offer by the council on
25th November 2024 and 26th November 2024, please provide: a) the number
of bedrooms, b) the postcode* (c) the date of availability, ie. 25th
November 2024, or 26th November 2024

Q2) For each temporary accommodation unit actually offered by the council
to a homeless household on 25th November 2024 and 26th November 2024,
please provide: a) the number of bedrooms, b) the postcode*, c) the
priority group of the household the accommodation was offered to [in
accordance with the council's placement policy] d) the date of the offer
ie. whether 25th November 2024 or 26th November 2024.

* if the full postcode cannot be provided, we ask that the 4 digit
postcode is provided eg. "SW9 8"

Q3) The names of the agencies/companies who were involved in the
procurement of the properties available on these dates for the council.

Our response

We have now processed your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Q1. (a) A Room   (b) TW15 1PD   (c)  25 November 2024.

Q2. 

Date of offer
25/11/2024 KT16 9HB Studio TA Transfer  S188
25/11/2024 SL2 5XG 1 Bedroom S188 interim
25/11/2024 TW3 3TU 1 Room S188 interim
25/11/2024 TW3 1SW 1 Room S193
26/11/2024 SL1 1PG 2 bedroom S188 interim
26/11/2024 TW13 4AG 1 bedroom TA Transfer S193
26/11/2024 TW16 7AH 1 bed TA Transfer S188
26/11/2024 UB8 2PL 1 bed SC S188 interim

Q3.

Oak Bridge ltd

Empathy Housing

Housing Solutions

Rockwood

Centremark

N&N Properties

County Rents

Next steps

We will now close your request as of the date of this response. However,
if you need to contact us again, please quote your reference number at top
of this response on all future correspondence regarding this case.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an Internal Review. Internal Review requests should be
submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of this response
and should be addressed to:

[1][Hounslow Borough Council request email] or by post to the address at
the top of this response.

If you are still dissatisfied with the Council’s response after the
Internal Review, you have a right of appeal to the Information
Commissioner at the following address:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk 

Email: [3][email address]

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Yours sincerely,

Aneeza Rahman

Housing Performance & Project Officer

The London Borough of Hounslow

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