FOI request (FOIR-587325066)

Council Homes

Requested Fri 16 February 2024
Responded Fri 08 March 2024

I am writing with a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

Specifically I would like to ask:

1. How many council homes are currently owned by your local housing services?

2. How many council homes owned by your local housing services are occupied?

3. How many council homes owned by your local housing services are not occupied?

4. What the average length of time your council homes are unoccupied for?

5. What is the longest amount of time a currently unoccupied council home has been unoccupied for?

6. What reasons are given for why your council homes are not occupied?

Response

Hastings Borough Council carried out a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer of its housing stock in 1996 to 1066 Housing Association, now Southern Housing.