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    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
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