FOI request (FOI221865)

Wheelchair Accessible House

Requested Tue 29 August 2017
Responded Tue 29 August 2017

1.       How many live applications does your Local Authority currently have on your housing list for wheelchair accessible housing?

2.       How many wheelchair accessible homes were let to wheelchair users in the years of 2015 and 2017 inclusive in your locality through your general needs housing process?

Response

Q1 - Mobility Level One Households (Typically suitable for a person who uses a wheelchair full time, indoors and outdoors. The property will provide full wheelchair access throughout) = 24

Mobility Level Two properties lets (Typically suitable to a person with restricted walking ability and for those that may need to use a wheelchair for some of the time. The property will have internal and external level or ramped access, but some parts of the property may not be fully wheelchair accessible = 55


Q2 - Mobility Level One properties lets:

2015
Households with Mobility Level One = 1
Households with Mobility Level Two = 1

2016
Households with Mobility Level One = 0
Households with Mobility Level Two = 0

2017 (up to 18/08/2017)

Households with Mobility Level One = 2
Households with Mobility Level Two = 1


Mobility Level Two properties lets:

2015
Households with Mobility Level One = 0
Households with Mobility Level Two = 1

2016
Households with Mobility Level One = 0
Households with Mobility Level Two = 0

2017 (up to 18/08/2017)
Households with Mobility Level One = 0
Households with Mobility Level Two = 0