FI15793

Request

1. The total number of homelessness applicants who approached the council to join the housing register, in 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25. 

2. The total number of homelessness approaches involving the applicant fleeing domestic abuse, in 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25. 

3. The number of homelessness applicants (for any reason) on the social housing register who were placed in each of your housing allocation bands (eg. Band A, Band B, Band C, etc), in 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25. Please also include the number who were not accepted onto the housing register. 

4. The number of homelessness applicants on the social housing register, who are fleeing domestic abuse, who were placed in each of your housing allocation bands (eg. Band A, Band B, Band C, etc), in 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25. Please also include the number who were not accepted onto the housing register.

Response

1. 2022/23: 1638; 2023/24: 1776 and 2024/25: 1131.  These totals are for homelessness approaches to the Council. Some of these will already have housing register applications, some will not. Those without a housing register application will have been assisted to make an application.

2. 2022/23: 134; 2023/24: 159 and 2024/25: 137

3. The Council does not record this information.  Please refer to our Allocations Policy for our priority bands and exclusion information which is available on our website at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Housing/Housing-for-Tenants/PDF/DDC-Allocations-Policy-v1.5a-2024.pdf.

4. The Council does not record this information.