Void/empty properties and homeless figures

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Dear Kwajo Tweneboa

Your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been considered and a response is below:

Hyndburn Borough Council are unable to answer the first set of question. B-with-us will hold this information as there are no council houses any more only housing association properties.

With regards to the second set of questions, please see below:

2.A How many people do you currently have to date on your current council housing waiting list? (6th March 2024) 1178 active applications

2.B How many homeless families and or individuals have you received from London boroughs (out of area rehousing) in the last 5 years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) Notification of one family in December 2023 from a London borough.

- Additionally how many homeless families and or individuals have you received from London boroughs (out of area rehousing) since the beginning of 2024 (Jan 2024, Feb, 2024, March, 2024) No notification for these date periods from any borough.

2.C How many people that declared themselves homeless to your council in the last year, were not deemed a priority need and therefore were not accepted onto your council housing waiting list? The housing register accepts all eligible non-priority homeless cases to the register.

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Yours sincerely

FOI Co-ordinator
Hyndburn Borough Council

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