Private sector dischagres of homeless duties
Dear Lewisham Borough Council,
I am writing a request further to my request of 23.04.23. You refused to answer lots of the questions, and you said this was because databases did not link together. However, you also seemed to believe the previous request related to the housing waiting list, which it did not do. Therefore, I have simplified the request to avoid confusion and problems with databases. I have done this as a new request as I felt it was simpler in this instance than using the internal review process.
This request is related to discharge of the main homeless duty through private sector offers under S193(7AA-AC) Housing Act 1996; no questions relate in anyway to the waiting list for social housing.
1) Please confirm how many people are currently owed the main homeless duty (under S193(2) Housing Act 1996)?
1b) How many of the households in answer to question 1, have been identified as being inappropriate for a private sector discharge in accordance with paragrpah 2.2 of the council's private rented sector policy?
Please provide the following for the last 12 months:
2) The number of main homeless duties that were accepted (under S193(2) Housing Act 1996) in the last 12 months?
3a) The number of private sector offers made under S193(7AA-AC) Housing Act 1996 in the last 12 months? [note: this question does not relate to the housing register, and is about mandatory offers of private housing to people with the main homeless duty]
3b) please provide a breakdown of answer 3a by the local auhtority area of the ofer (eg. 5 in Southwark, 7 in Lambeth etc.)
4a) The number of homeless duties discharged due to offers made under S193(7AA-AC) Housing Act 1996 in the last 12 months?
[Note: this answer could be different to 3a, as the council may make an offer, then decide not to discharge the duty eg. it is found to be unsuitable upon review]
4b) please provide a breakdown of answer 4a by the local auhtority area of the ofer (eg. 5 in Southwark, 7 in Lambeth etc.)
Yours faithfully,
Jo Staines
Dear Jo Staines
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Reference No: 19068453
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Dear Jo Staines
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Reference No: 19068453
Thank you for your request for information held by London Borough of
Lewisham. Please find below, a copy of your request and our response.
1) Please confirm how many people are currently owed the main homeless
duty (under S193(2) Housing Act 1996)?
There are currently 2,453 households on the Housing Register owed a main
homeless duty.
1b) How many of the households in answer to question 1, have been
identified as being inappropriate for a private sector discharge in
accordance with paragrpah 2.2 of the council's private rented sector
policy?
0
Please provide the following for the last 12 months:
2) The number of main homeless duties that were accepted (under S193(2)
Housing Act 1996) in the last 12 months?
534
3a) The number of private sector offers made under S193(7AA-AC) Housing
Act 1996 in the last 12 months? [note: this question does not relate to
the housing register, and is about mandatory offers of private housing to
people with the main homeless duty]
Offers where duty is not discharged are not recorded in a way which allows
for easy extraction from the system. All offers resulting in discharge
are recorded under question 4.
3b) please provide a breakdown of answer 3a by the local auhtority area of
the ofer (eg. 5 in Southwark, 7 in Lambeth etc.)
Offers where duty is not discharged are not recorded in a way which allows
for easy extraction from the system. All offers resulting in discharge
are recorded under question 4.
4a) The number of homeless duties discharged due to offers made under
S193(7AA-AC) Housing Act 1996 in the last 12 months?
[Note: this answer could be different to 3a, as the council may make an
offer, then decide not to discharge the duty eg. it is found to be
unsuitable upon review]
12
4b) please provide a breakdown of answer 4a by the local auhtority area of
the ofer (eg. 5 in Southwark, 7 in Lambeth etc.)
Lewisham 8
Wandsworth 1
Croydon 1
Greenwich 1
Ealing 1
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