FOI release

Housing Stock Transfer, Leadership History, Waiting List Data

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we determined that the cost to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

Case reference FOI2026/01288

Received 4 June 2026

Published 26 June 2026

Request

1. HISTORIC STOCK TRANSFER & LEADERSHIP (2013–Present):

   Transfer Details: Full details of the transfer of council housing stock to Herefordshire Housing Limited (or any other entity) in 2013. Including the number of properties transferred, the valuation, and the terms of the agreement.
   Leadership History:

        Name and employment start date of the current Chief Executive/Head of Housing at Herefordshire Council.
        Name and employment start date of the current CEO of Herefordshire Housing Limited.
        List of all CEOs of Herefordshire Housing Limited since the 2013 transfer, including their start and end dates.
        Details of any senior housing officers who left their posts between 2013 and 2026, including the reason for departure (resignation, dismissal, redundancy).

2. HOUSING TARGETS VS. ACHIEVEMENTS (Annual Data 2013–2026):

   Annual Targets: For each year from 2013 to 2026, what was the annual target for new affordable/social housing units required by the public in Herefordshire?
   Actual Delivery: For each year from 2013 to 2026, how many new council/social homes were actually built, signed off, and completed?
   Gap Analysis: Provide a year-by-year table showing the shortfall (Target minus Actual) for each year.
   Future Pipeline: What is the signed and approved pipeline for new builds for the next 5 years (2026–2031)? How many units are guaranteed to be completed each year?

3. CURRENT STOCK, WAITING LIST & ACCOMMODATION (PERSON COUNT):

   Waiting List (People Count): How many individual people (not just households) are currently on the housing waiting list? Of these, how many are British citizens or local residents (defined as living in Herefordshire for 5+ years)? Note: Please provide the total number of individuals, accounting for family sizes.
   Vacant Properties: How many council-owned properties are currently vacant in Herefordshire? Why are they not being let to homeless households?
   Private Sector Leasing: How many private sector properties has the Council leased in the last 5 years to house homeless families?
   B&B & Hotel Usage:

        How many hotels and B&Bs are currently being used by the Council to accommodate homeless individuals?
        How many individual people are currently housed in these facilities?
        What is the total annual cost to the Council for this temporary accommodation over the last 5 years?

4. FINANCIAL & CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

   Budget Allocation: For each year from 2013 to 2026, what percentage of the Housing Revenue Account was spent on building/renovating new stock vs. paying for temporary accommodation (B&Bs/Hotels)?
   Contracts: List all major contracts awarded for housing construction or management since 2013, including the names of the companies awarded and the contract values. Were any of these companies owned by or linked to current or former Council members/employees?

5. COMPENSATION WARNING: I am currently pursuing a formal complaint with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) regarding the Council's failure to house me.

   Warning: Any failure to provide this information within the statutory 20-working-day timeframe, any refusal to answer specific questions, or any attempt to delay or obfuscate the data, will be recorded as deliberate maladministration.
*   Consequence: Such failures will be cited in my LGO complaint as evidence of a systemic cover-up. I will seek significant financial compensation for the distress, health deterioration, and loss of trust caused by this maladministration.

Format: Please provide this data in a structured Excel spreadsheet or CSV format, with separate tabs for each section. If any data is exempt, please provide a detailed justification for each exemption under the FOI Act.

Response

A: The information requested in Q2 and Q3 is not held in a form that would enable it to be located, retrieved and extracted within the Appropriate Time Limit which equates to 18 hours as defined by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limits and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Our electronic reporting systems are unable to run a report for this information. To calculate the number of persons on the housing register would require us to manually check each application and calculate the total number of people. There are 1343 live applications on the Home Point scheme. In order to check the total number of people on the scheme we would have to manually check each case. Having checked three live applications it took the team 3 minutes to check the household make-up of the 3 applications. From that, it can be assumed it would take 1 minute to check the household make up of an application. This would be on top of the amount of time it has already taken to collect and collate the data already provided.

This would at a conservative estimate take at least 22 hours to complete. Where the Limit is exceeded Public Authorities are not obliged to supply the information requested by virtue of S12 of the Act. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

Furthermore I have been advised that Herefordshire Housing Ltd combined with South Shropshire Housing Ltd and is now called Connexus. Therefore, the following informaton would not be held by Herefordshire Council and Connexus would need to be contacted directly:

Name and employment start date of the current CEO of Herefordshire Housing Limited,

List of all CEOs of Herefordshire Housing Limited since the 2013 transfer, including their start and end dates.

Budget Allocation: For each year from 2013 to 2026, what percentage of the Housing Revenue Account was spent on building/renovating new stock vs. paying for temporary accommodation (B&Bs/Hotels)?

Question 5 falls outside of the remit of FOI.

The team would be able to answer the following questions if this would be of use please let me know:

* Leadership History:

* Name and employment start date of the current Chief Executive/Head of Housing at Herefordshire Council.

HOUSING TARGETS VS. ACHIEVEMENTS (Annual Data 2013–2026):

* Annual Targets: For each year from 2013 to 2026, what was the annual target for new affordable/social housing units required by the public in Herefordshire?

* Actual Delivery: For each year from 2013 to 2026, how many new council/social homes were actually built, signed off, and completed?

* Gap Analysis: Provide a year-by-year table showing the shortfall (Target minus Actual) for each year.

How many are British citizens or local residents (defined as living in Herefordshire for 5+ years)? Note: Please provide the total number of individuals, accounting for family sizes.

* Private Sector Leasing: How many private sector properties has the Council leased in the last 5 years to house homeless families?

* How many hotels and B&Bs are currently being used by the Council to accommodate homeless individuals?

* How many individual people are currently housed in these facilities?

* What is the total annual cost to the Council for this temporary accommodation over the last 5 years?

- List all major contracts awarded for housing construction or management since 2013, including the names of the companies awarded and the contract values.

Please note that the above may be subject to further exemptions/redactions for personal data.

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