FI16742
Request
1. Please outline what temporary accommodation schemes your Council runs? For example, nightly paid, leasing, etc. Please attach any materials about these schemes.
2. Please outline the total number of households that you have in temporary accommodation and what types of temporary accommodation they are in? For example, 45 in nightly paid, 35 in hostels, etc.
3. Please outline what types of accommodation you are looking for? For example 2 beds, 3 beds, etc.
4. Please outline the rates paid on each TA scheme broken down by number of bedrooms? For example, nightly paid 2 bed: £65 per night, etc.
5. Please outline what boroughs you have your temporary accommodation placements by borough?
6. Please provide the on boarding process to become an accommodation provider, included requirements?
7. Please provide the name, contact number and email of the person responsible for on boarding temporary accommodation?
Response
1. The Council does not run temporary accommodation schemes. We spot purchase B&B and nightly paid temporary accommodation (TA) as required.
2. As at the date of your request, we had 328 households in TA broken down as follows:
- Dover District Council stock – 165
- B&B – 27
- Nightly paid s/c – 126
- Nightly paid shared – 10
3. We are not looking for additional TA stock.
4. Not applicable, we do not have a TA scheme.
5. We place outside our district when necessary. We currently have households placed in Medway, Canterbury, Gravesham, Maidstone and Folkestone & Hythe.
6. The Council has no requirement for accommodation providers for the reasons set out in response to question 3.
7. Not applicable as the Council is not looking for on boarding any temporary accommodation.