Dear Luke,
Thank you for your request below, dated 5 November 2023; we have treated this as a Freedom of Information request. You have asked for the following information; please see our responses below in blue –
“Question 1 – main homeless duty | |
1a) The number of households given a mandatory private rented sector offer to | |
discharge your full housing duty under Section 193 7AA-7AC 1996 | |
Housing Act. | |
49 | |
1b) The number to 1a broken down for each local authority area into which | |
they were offered housing (eg. 5 to Luton). | |
Local Authority | Number of units |
Barnet | 18 |
Bedfordshire | 1 |
Ealing | 2 |
Enfield | 16 |
Grimsby | 1 |
Haringey | 4 |
Harrow | 1 |
Hillingdon | 1 |
Hounslow | 1 |
Luton | 1 |
Peterborough | 2 |
Widnes | 1 |
Grand Total | 49 |
1c) The number of households of 1a who actually accepted the private sector | |
offer. | |
44 | |
1d) The number to 1c broken down for each local authority area into which | |
they accepted the offer of housing (eg. 3 to Luton). | |
Local Authority | Number of units |
Barnet | 17 |
Bedfordshire | 1 |
Ealing | 2 |
Enfield | 14 |
Grimsby | 1 |
Haringey | 4 |
Harrow | 1 |
Hounslow | 1 |
Luton | 1 |
Peterborough | 1 |
Widnes | 1 |
Grand Total | 44 |
Question 2 – relief duty | |
2a) The number of households for whom you owed the homeless relief duty | |
to and this was discharged through a mandatory “final offer” of a private rented sector tenancy (note: “final offer” is defined at s. 193A(4) Housing Act 1996) | |
329 | |
2b) The number to 2a broken down for each local authority area into which | |
they were offered housing (eg. 5 to Luton). |
Local Authority | Number of units |
Barnet | 174 |
Bedfordshire | 4 |
Birmingham | 2 |
Brent | 11 |
Bromley | 1 |
Cambridge | 1 |
Camden | 6 |
Chelsea | 1 |
Cleveland | 1 |
Croydon | 3 |
Dacorum | 1 |
Darlington | 1 |
Durham | 2 |
Ealing | 2 |
Enfield | 26 |
Fleetwood | 1 |
Greenwich | 1 |
Grimsby | 2 |
Hackney | 6 |
Haringey | 13 |
Harlow | 1 |
Harrow | 11 |
Hartlepool | 1 |
Havering | 1 |
Hertsmere | 9 |
Hillingdon | 3 |
Hounslow | 4 |
Islington | 1 |
Kingston upon Thames | 2 |
Leeds | 8 |
Leicester | 1 |
Lewisham | 4 |
Luton | 3 |
Manchester | 2 |
Merton | 2 |
Newham | 2 |
Peterborough | 1 |
Plymouth | 1 |
Redbridge | 1 |
Thurrock | 3 |
Waltham Forest | 1 |
Wandsworth | 1 |
Watford | 4 |
Welwyn Hatfield | 1 |
Widnes | 2 |
Grand Total | 329 |
2c) The number of households of 2a who actually accepted the private sector |
offer. |
303 |
2d) The number to 2c broken down for each local authority area into which |
they accepted the offer of housing (eg. 3 to Luton). |
Local Authority | Number of units |
Barnet | 168 |
Bedfordshire | 1 |
Birmingham | 2 |
Brent | 10 |
Bromley | 1 |
Cambridge | 1 |
Camden | 5 |
Croydon | 3 |
Dacorum | 1 |
Darlington | 1 |
Durham | 2 |
Ealing | 2 |
Enfield | 22 |
Fleetwood | 1 |
Greenwich | 1 |
Grimsby | 1 |
Hackney | 6 |
Haringey | 13 |
Harlow | 1 |
Harrow | 10 |
Hartlepool | 1 |
Havering | 1 |
Hertsmere | 9 |
Hillingdon | 3 |
Hounslow | 4 |
Islington | 1 |
Kingston upon Thames | 2 |
Leeds | 4 |
Leicester | 1 |
Lewisham | 4 |
Luton | 3 |
Manchester | 1 |
Merton | 2 |
Newham | 1 |
Peterborough | 1 |
Plymouth | 1 |
Redbridge | 1 |
Thurrock | 3 |
Waltham Forest | 1 |
Wandsworth | 1 |
Watford | 4 |
Welwyn Hatfield | 1 |
Widnes | 1 |
Grand Total | 303 |
Question 3 |
If you make mandatory private rented sector offers to discharge your full housing duty or the relief duty, can I please have the guidance your housing officers follow when making these offers? |
I can confirm that Barnet Homes does on occasion end the Main Homelessness duty and Relief duty using private rented accommodation. Officers use the following guidance when doing so:
Housing Act 1996 |
Question 4 |
Please confirm the exact dates the 12 months that the above information covers. For example, “the information provided is from 1st November 2022 to 31st October 2023”. |
From 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 |
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Kind regards,
Carly Williamson
Complaints and Information Manager