Damage compensation
Case reference FOI2023/00222
Published 24 March 2023
Request
This is an information request relating to compensation paid to private housing companies for damages done by homeless people/rough sleepers to emergency accommodation.
Please include the information for each of the following financial years; 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 (to present):
* How much has been paid annually to private housing companies for damage done by homeless people/rough sleepers in emergency accommodation
* Information on the damage done, if this is held. For example, if there are damage reports/incident reports provided by the housing companies along with the invoice for any damage
Response
A: The Service Area do not report on damages separately, so can only provide the overall figures within the Housing Solutions Team for Property Repairs and Maintenance as a whole.
The figures are below:
2022/23 - £169,730.00
2021/22 - £217,620.00
2020/21 - £92,009.00
2019/20 - £57,764.00
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