Homelessness Reduction Act
Case reference FOI2019/00198
Published 18 March 2019
Request
1. How many people have approached the local authority stating that they are threatened with homelessness since 1 April 2018?
2. How many people have been owed the prevention duty since 1 April 2018?
3. How many people have the local authority prevented the person being homeless?
4. How many people have approached the local authority stating that they are homeless since 1 April 2018?
5. How many people have been owed the relief duty since 1 April 2018?
6. How many people have the local authority relieved of being homeless?
7. How much money has been allocated to the local authority for financial year 2018/19 to enable the local authority to comply with their new homeless reduction act duties?
Response
1. How many people have approached the local authority stating that they are threatened with homelessness since 1 April 2018?
532 households from 01/04/18 until 31/12/18 approached saying they are homeless or threatened with homelessness (subsequent figures not yet available)
2. How many people have been owed the prevention duty since 1 April 2018?
243 households up to 31/12/18
3. How many people have the local authority prevented the person being homeless?
147 households until 31/12/18
4. How many people have approached the local authority stating that they are homeless since 1 April 2018?
See Q1
5. How many people have been owed the relief duty since 1 April 2018?
160 households up to 31/12/18
6. How many people have the local authority relieved of being homeless?
59 households up to 31/12/18
7. How much money has been allocated to the local authority for financial year 2018/19 to enable the local authority to comply with their new homeless reduction act duties?
New Burdens Funding £32,601 plus Flexible Housing Grant £186,035
Documents
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