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FOI request (FOI-75070466)
Temporary accommodation
Requested Wed 09 May 2018
Responded Fri 06 July 2018I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.I am requesting information about temporary accommodation placement for the following year-long time periods, listed here:a) May 1, 2008 - April 30, 2009b) May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016c) May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017d) May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018For each of these time periods, could you provide the following information?1) Please could you provide a list of the local authority areas (including your own) where you offered temporary accommodation to homeless households, and for each local authority state how many households were located in each authority? (e.g. London Borough of Barking and Dagenham - 4)2) How many offers of temporary accommodation in the local authority were made to households in this time period in total, and how many were accepted?3) How many offers of temporary accommodation in the local authority were made to family units in this time period and how many of those offers were accepted?4) In total, how many family units were relocated outside of your local authority?If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
Response
Please accept my apologies for the slight delay in responding.
Q1 Number of Households:
(a) May 1, 2008 - April 30, 2009 - Information not held.
(b) May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016 63 x Hastings 3 x Eastbourne 1 x Flimwell
(c) May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017 91 x Hastings 11 x Eastbourne 2 x Flimwell 1 x Bexhill 1 x Rochester
(d) May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018 123 x Hastings 40 x Eastbourne 6 x Rochester 3 x Maidstone 1 x Bexhill 1 Gillingham
Q2 & Q3 - Information not held.
Q4 - Families
(a) May 1, 2008 - April 30, 2009 - Information not held.
(b) May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016 63 x Hastings No families were placed outside of area
(c) May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017 91 x Hastings 11 x outside of area
(d) May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018 123 x Hastings 29 x outside of area Since the implementation of the Homeless Reduction Act in April 2018 more households have presented as homeless which has led to an increase in the number of households being placed in temporary accommodation. In the first instance, we always look to place families in Hastings, but where there is no suitable accommodation available, families have to be placed outside of the area. Once placed outside of the area we then look to move them back to Hastings as soon as a suitable property becomes available.
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