FOI request (FOI213810)

Youth Homelessness FOI 2017

Requested Thu 08 June 2017
Responded  Thu 08 June 2017

We would like to know about any children/young people aged 16-24 who approached the council during the financial year 2016-2017, because they were homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Three queries relating to these young people are listed below.

Our Freedom of Information request:

We kindly request the information in queries 1-3 below for:

• Each quarter of the financial year 2016-2017

• 1st April - 30th June 2016

• 1st July - 30th September 2016

• 1st October - 31st December 2016

• 1st January - 31st March 2017

• Young people aged 16-24

• Query 1: Homelessness presentations, assessments and eligibility in 2016-17

  Within your local authority, what were the number of 16-24 year olds who:

  1. Presented themselves as homeless, or at risk of homelessness

• 2. Were assessed under the Housing Act 1996

• 3. Were accepted as statutorily homeless and owed a duty

• Query 2: Prevention and Relief for 2016-17

  Within your local authority, what was the number of:

• 1. Prevention and relief cases for 16-24 year olds

  Query 3: Reason left last settled base

  Within your local authority, what was the number of 16-24 year olds who were accepted as statutorily homeless and owed a duty, who had one of the following main reasons for leaving their last settled base in 2016-17?

• 1. Parents no longer willing or able to accommodate

• 2. Other relatives or friends no longer willing or able to accommodate

• 3. Non-violent breakdown of relationship with partner

• 4. Violence

• a) Violent breakdown of relationship, involving partner

• b) Violent breakdown of relationship, involving associated persons

• c) Racially motivated violence

• d) Other forms of violence

• 5. Harassment, threats or intimidation

  a) Racially motivated harassment

• b) Other forms of harassment

• 6. Mortgage arrears (repossession or other loss of home)

• 7. Rent arrears on:

  a) Local authority or other public sector dwellings

• b) Registered Provider dwellings
• c) Private sector dwellings

• 8. Loss of rented or tied accommodation due to:

  a) Termination of assured shorthold tenancy

• b) Reasons other than termination of assured shorthold tenancy

• 9. Required to leave accommodation provided by Home Office as asylum support

• 10. Left an institution or LA care:

  a) Left prison/on remand

• b) Left hospital
• c) Left other institution or LA care

• 11. Other reason for loss of last settled home

  a) Left HM-Forces

• b) Other reason (e.g. homeless in emergency, sleeping rough or in hostel, returned from abroad)

• 12. Total applicant households

Response

Please see attached information as requested.

Attachments

• FOI213810_FOI_213810_-_HBC_response.xlsx
• FOI213810_Hastings_foi_1617_years_for_201617.xlsx