Homelessness. Permanent accommodation: Number of households assessed during the year Percentage of decision notifications issued within 28 days of initial presentation. Percentage who are housed Percentage of cases reassessed within 12 months of completion of duty. Temporary accommodation: Number of households assessed during the year Percentage of decision notifications issued within 28 days of initial presentation Percentage of cases reassessed within 12 months of completion of duty Proportion of those provided with permanent accommodation in council stock who maintained their tenancy for at least 12 months 349 100% 50.9% 6.3% 205 100% 8.8% 63.4%
Homelessness. There has been a 61% increase in homeless presentations over the period 2002-2003 to 2007- 08 and this is exacerbating pressures on the available supply of affordable housing. A new Homelessness Strategy for the period 2008-13 has recently been approved with the vision that by 2012, no one in the Falkirk Council area need be homeless. A key element of the strategy will be helping local people explore a range of housing options that are available locally. It has been calculated that over the 10 year period 2007-2016, there will be an annual average shortfall of 145 units of affordable housing. In this context the Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) and the new Local Housing Strategy, which is being developed, will seek to increase the amount of affordable housing available in the area, including low cost home ownership and shared ownership opportunities, as well as affordable rented housing.
Homelessness. Written verification by a public or private facility providing shelter, the police, or a social services agency certifying that the applicant lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
Homelessness a. Provide Rapid Re-housing services & financial supports b. Homeless supports and prevention
Homelessness. Levels of homelessness have increased since 2001 with the number of applicants to the Council doubling. In 2006-7 over 2,000 households approached the Council for help; almost one third had been homeless before and 1,000 households were temporarily accommodated. The continuing high levels of homelessness are due to a combination of factors including lack of affordable housing (with improvement indicators included in National Outcome 10) and increased legal duties. There are challenges in relation to both finding suitable temporary accommodation for homeless people and securing permanent housing solutions.
Homelessness. The Government has set challenging targets to provide permanent accommodation for all homeless people by 2012. The economic downturn and increasing number of mortgage repossessions has compounded this challenge. Even with the Council’s ambitious new build programme we anticipate a significant shortfall of affordable housing to meet the 2012 statutory duty. The Council has recently introduced a Housing Options approach, which helps people to understand the full range of realistic options available to them, and start to plan how best to meet their housing needs. People are offered Housing Options Advice, a ‘housing health check’ at any change point in their lives, not just when they reach the crisis of homelessness. Developing a housing option approach that offers routes into a wider range of tenures will reduce pressure on scarce affordable housing at the same time as giving applicants access to properties of a size, type or location which would not otherwise be available to them. Work is progressing to establish a ‘social lettings’ scheme with private landlords, including a series of landlord accreditation training sessions. Poverty Currently 14.4 % of people (24,150) in West Lothian are defined as income deprived. In a recent Save the Children Fund report West Lothian is equal 8th worst in Scotland with 11% of children in 'extreme' poverty, defined as “ a household with an income of below 50 per cent of the median (after housing costs), and where both adults and children lack at least one basic necessity, and either adults or children or both groups lack at least two basic necessities.” The figure for Scotland as a whole is 9%. The income gap between lowest and highest income families in West Lothian will be narrowed by increasing income and reducing expenditure of the lowest income families, through a mixture of energy advice and income maximisation advice. The major route out of poverty is through employment, and the work the CPP is doing to address this is covered in Outcome 3. Households in extreme fuel poverty are less common in West Lothian than in Scotland as a whole 4.2% compared to 7.5%. However, the current global situation means that fuel poverty is bound to worsen over the coming year as fuel tariffs rise. The Advice Shop provides comprehensive advice to people in West Lothian who are without work or in low paid work, and who are poor and/or fuel poor in order to increase their disposable income. The service has been highly praised and has see...
Homelessness. Enrolled program clients shall reduce total days of homelessness by seventy percent (70%) in comparison to total days for twelve (12) months prior to enrollment. Data to be collected by Contractor.
Homelessness. If we evict you and you have nowhere to live, Greenwich homeless services will consider your case. Sometimes we judge that tenants have made themselves intentionally homeless by what they have done. In that case, we will not provide permanent alternative accommodation. Housing benefit If you are on a low income you may be entitled to housing benefit, which pays part or all of your rent, and to other benefits. Remember to renew your claim for housing benefit, or you may get into rent arrears. Please contact your Royal Borough office for advice and help.
Homelessness. In 2001, the ACT Government commissioned ACTCOSS to undertake a “Needs Analysis of Homelessness in the ACT”. This report noted that “as many as 5,350 people in the ACT may experience homelessness each year”8 It is also noted that people at risk or affected by homelessness are more than likely to have multiple and complex needs. The ACT Government is committed to providing innovative responses to people who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless. A Homelessness Strategy has been developed in conjunction with government and community service providers and service users. The Homelessness Strategy is linked to a number of ACT Government and community sector plans and strategies, eg the Children’s Plan; the Women’s Action Plan; the Mental Health Strategy and Action Plan; and the Alcohol and other Drugs Plan. The Homelessness Strategy is a whole of government and community approach with mutual accountability across government and the community. It was released in April 2004. The four themes of the Homelessness Strategy are: client focus and client outcomes; integrated and effective service system responses; access to appropriate housing and housing assistance; and supporting and driving innovation and excellence. The government and community service areas involved in developing the strategy include youth; older people; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people (CALD); Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people; people with disabilities; families; people with mental illness; women’s services; men and children’s services; education; corrective services and youth justice. Theme 3 outlines access to appropriate housing and housing assistance. The objectives listed in this theme are: Objective 3.1: Increase the available supply of appropriate, safe and adaptive housing for people at risk of homelessness and people who are homeless.
Homelessness. Many mentally ill and suicidal detainees are homeless. One mental health professional commented, “Well, you know a lot of them, number one: they don’t have a place to live. They live from one place to another. So they don’t have no foundation.” Another participant noted, “A lot of them, they’re homeless when they come out, they have nowhere to go, they have no resources and they also have no support system pattern that they need.”
