Number of people registered for social rented housing since 2005
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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING BY DEPUTY A.E. JEUNE OF ST. BRELADE
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 12th OCTOBER 2010
Question
Would the Minister advise members of the number of persons who have registered for States owned social housing since 2005, indicating the number of years of residency of the principal householder, and would he also identify the number of those persons who remain on the waiting list?
Answer
The table below gives a breakdown of the number of new applications that were accepted onto the Waiting list from 2005 to date. It also shows the total number of applications that were active on the Waiting list at the close of each year.
Applications | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | To October 2010 |
Number of new applications in year | 269 | 248 | 330 | 310 | 396 | 252 |
Applicants on the waiting list at year end | 225 | 265 | 243 | 254 | 309 | 446 |
Of those that have applied in each year, the following numbers remain on the Waiting List as at 7th October 2010:-
100% of those that applied in 2005 have been housed. There are no applicants 2005 from 2005 waiting for accommodation.
99.9% of those that applied in 2006 have been housed. There are 3 applicants 2006 from 2006 on the waiting list. All 3 have been made offers of accommodation
which they have not accepted for a variety of reasons.
97% of those that applied in 2007 have been housed. There are 10 applicants from 2007 2007 on the waiting list. All but three of these have had offers of accommodation
which they have not accepted for a variety of reasons.
81.6% of those that applied in 2008 have been housed. There are 57 applicants 2008 from 2008 on the waiting list. 36 of these have been made offers of
accommodation which they have not accepted for a variety of reasons.
78.8% of those that applied in 2009 have been housed. There are 84 applicants 2009 from 2009 on the waiting list.
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All applicants accepted onto the States Rental Waiting List must qualify to rent property under the 1949 Housing Law. The actual length of their residence in the Island is not material for their application for social housing and is therefore not recorded. Allocations for States rental accommodation are made on the basis of "need" as opposed to length of residence.