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Void/empty properties and homeless figures

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Dear FOI Officer,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible.

1.A - How many vacant council homes, including void properties do you currently have to date? (6th April 2024).

1.B - How many of these properties have been vacant for longer than 3 months?

1.C - How many of these properties have been vacant for longer than 6 months?

1.D - How many of these properties have been vacant for longer than 1 year?

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

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)

- 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)

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?

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request. I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as outlined by the statute.

Yours faithfully,

Kwajo Tweneboa

Braintree District Council

Dear Kwajo Tweneboa,

 

Thank you for your information request, received on the 6 April 2024.

Reference 7635 has been applied to your request which will be looked into
and a response provided within 20 full working days.

Should you have any queries in the meantime, please contact the Freedom of
Information Team at [1][Braintree District Council request email]

Kind regards,

 

Victoria Alexander

Performance & Information Officer

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| [2]www.braintree.gov.uk

 

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2. http://www.braintree.gov.uk/

Braintree District Council

Dear Kwajo Tweneboa,

 

I am writing regarding your information request received by Braintree
District Council on the 06/04/2024, case reference 7635.

 

Your request for information has been processed under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The Act enables access to information held by the
Council, subject to exemptions contained within the Act.

 

The Act does not require the Council to create information to respond to a
request if the requested information is not held, nor to give an opinion
or comment.

 

Please find our response to your request below:

 

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as
specifically as possible.

1.A - How many vacant council homes, including void properties do you
currently have to date? (6th April 2024).

 

Braintree District Council transferred its social housing stock to
Eastlight Community Homes (formerly Greenfields) in 2007.

 

This information may be held by Eastlight Community Homes (ECH). To send
ECH a request for information please view their website at the following
link:

 

[1]https://www.eastlighthomes.co.uk/contact...

 

The Council only own 8 homes, of which 2 are currently vacant awaiting
decisions on works.

 

1.B - How many of these properties have been vacant for longer than 3
months?

0

1.C - How many of these properties have been vacant for longer than 6
months?

1.D - How many of these properties have been vacant for longer than 1
year?

1

 

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

2,952

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)

2019: 10

2020: 17

2021: 15

2022: 10

2023: 11

 

- 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)

0 for all months (January 2024, February 2024, March 2024)

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?

None, it is not policy for households to not be accepted onto the housing
register because they were not deemed a homeless priority.

  

Right of internal review: If you are dissatisfied with the handling of
your request please contact us in writing, within 40 days of the receipt
of a full response, at: Emma Wisbey Legal and Governance Manager,
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB. Or e-mail: [2][Braintree District Council request email]

 

Right to appeal: Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of any
internal review, you have a right of appeal under S50 of the Freedom of
Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF. Or
e-mail: [3][email address]

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Victoria Alexander

Performance & Information Officer

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| www.braintree.gov.uk

 

References

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1. https://www.eastlighthomes.co.uk/contact...
2. mailto:[Braintree District Council request email]
3. mailto:[email address]

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