FOI request (FOIR-179642976)

Affordable Housing

Requested Mon 02 March 2020
Responded  Fri 13 March 2020

Response

Q1 and Q5 are the same.

As at 02/03/2020 there are 1526 households on our housing register (Sussex Homemove scheme).

Q2 - Number of households who require:

Mobility Level 1* = 20

Mobility Level 2** = 42

Mobility Level 3*** = 338

*Mobility Level 1 - Typically suitable for a person who uses a wheelchair full time, indoors and outdoors. The property will provide full wheelchair access throughout.

**Mobility Level 2 - 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.

***Mobility Level 3 - Typically suitable for a person able to manage two or three steps, but unable to manage steep gradients. The property may have adaptations to assist people with limited mobility. Housing for older people /sheltered accommodation = 251

Q3, Q4 & Q6 - information not held.