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Number of people registered for social rented housing since 2005

Published on: 12 October 2010

Question type: Written

Asked by: Angela Jeune

Answered by: Minister for Housing and Communities

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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.

2010 32.1this year% ofs athospplei cawntho s prappesliented lty on this yehe war haveaiting l alreaistdy . been housed. There are 171 of

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.