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FOI request (FOIR-770722378)
Temporary Accommodation Expenditure and Void Properties
Requested Wed 03 December 2025
Responded Wed 11 February 2026I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding temporary accommodation and social housing provision within your authority.
- Expenditure:
Please confirm the total amount spent by the council on temporary accommodation placements within the private rented sector during the most recent full financial year.
- Void Properties (Temporary Accommodation):
Please confirm the current number of void (unoccupied) properties that the council has within its temporary accommodation portfolio.
- Subsidy Loss:
Please provide the total subsidy loss related to temporary accommodation for the most recent full financial year. - Families Awaiting Placement:
Please state the current number of families awaiting suitable temporary accommodation. - Empty/Decanted Properties for Regeneration:
Please provide the number of council-owned properties currently empty or decanted and awaiting regeneration or redevelopment.
Response
Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.
1. For the financial year 2024/25, the gross cost of temporary accommodation placements within the private rented sector (excluding Housing Benefit and personal contributions) was £10,443,896.
2. Void Properties (Temporary Accommodation) - Via external TA providers - 32 vacant units of varying size
3. The subsidy loss for 2024/2025 is £5,884,775.40
4. Families Awaiting Placement - Currently no families awaiting TA placements
5. Empty/Decanted Properties for Regeneration - Hastings Borough Council did a large scale voluntary transfer of its housing stock in 1996 and subsequently only has a relatively small housing portfolio used for various types of temporary accommodation. Properties are only empty short-term while works are being done to bring them back to the council's fit to let standard or while tenants are being allocated
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