Time spent in temporary accommodation after making a homelessness application
Case reference FOI2024/01357
Received 8 August 2024
Published 2 September 2024
Request
Please can I request the following information to be sent back via email under the freedom of information act.
1. The average length of time households spent in temporary accommodation (including b&bs and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council:
a). between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024
b). between April 1st 2024 and July 31st 2024
2. The average length of time households with children spent in temporary accommodation (including b&bs and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council:
a). between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024
b). between April 1st 2024 and July 31st 2024
3. Whether the figures you provide take into account households being moved from one temporary accommodation – to another. Or whether it is reflective of the amount of time the same households are spending in temporary accommodation (even if it is 4 hotels etc., over time)
Response
Please can I request the following information to be sent back via email under the freedom of information act.
1. The average length of time households spent in temporary accommodation (including b&bs and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council:
a). between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024
Answer: 168 days.
(Please note, the Service Area have advised this figure includes households who made their homeless application before 01/04/23 but were in temporary accommodation during the above period, as well as those households who made their homeless application between 01/04/23 and 31/03/24).
b). between April 1st 2024 and July 31st 2024
Answer: 193 days.
(Please note, the Service Area have advised this figure includes households who made their homeless application before 01/04/24 but were in temporary accommodation during the above period, as well as those households who made their homeless application between 01/04/24 and 31/07/24).
2. The average length of time households with children spent in temporary accommodation (including b&bs and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council:
a). between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024
Answer: 210 days.
(Please note, the Service Area have advised this figure includes households with children who made their homeless application before 01/04/23 but were in temporary accommodation during the above period, as well as those households with children who made their homeless application between 01/04/23 and 31/03/24).
b). between April 1st 2024 and July 31st 2024
Answer: 200 days.
(Please note, the Service Area have advised this figure includes households with children who made their homeless application before 01/04/24 but were in temporary accommodation during the above period, as well as those households with children who made their homeless application between 01/04/24 and 31/07/24).
3. Whether the figures you provide take into account households being moved from one temporary accommodation – to another. Or whether it is reflective of the amount of time the same households are spending in temporary accommodation (even if it is 4 hotels etc., over time)
Answer: The Service Area have advised the above figures are reflective of the amount of time the same households spent in temporary accommodation as a whole.
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