Households presenting as homeless between 2022 and 2023 claiming Universal Credit/Housing Benefit
Case reference FOI2023/01317
Published 30 August 2023
Request
I write to request information on the number of households claiming Universal Credit and/or housing benefit who presented to you as homeless between May 2022 and June 2023.
As part of this request, I would like this information to be broken down into the following:
(i) The total number of households claiming Universal Credit presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing;
(i) The total number of households claiming housing benefit - part of the legacy welfare system - presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing (if relevant).
If the cost of breaking down property types exceeds the figure set out in Section 12 of the FOI Act, then please provide a total amount of households presenting while claiming Universal Credit.
Response
I write to request information on the number of households claiming Universal Credit and/or housing benefit who presented to you as homeless between May 2022 and June 2023.
As part of this request, I would like this information to be broken down into the following:
(i) The total number of households claiming Universal Credit presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing;
The total number is 648. Herefordshire Council are unable to break this down as leasehold, private rent and social housing as we do not hold figures broken down in this way.
(i) The total number of households claiming housing benefit - part of the legacy welfare system - presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing (if relevant).
854
If the cost of breaking down property types exceeds the figure set out in Section 12 of the FOI Act, then please provide a total amount of households presenting while claiming Universal Credit.
Documents
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