Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...
Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ... Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...
monitored and evaluated. A key element of the Housing Allocation Scheme involves greater use of private sectoraccommodation which the council intends to use to discharge its homelessness duties (also featured in thehomelessness strategy sections below). Equality impacts relating to the Council’s homelessness obligations areset out in the final part of this section of the full screening document. The earlier referenced scoping work on theneeds of the vulnerable, elderly and disabled is primarily relevant to the Housing Allocation Scheme but has linkswith the Tenancy Strategy and Homelessness Strategy. Taken with the Council’s new statutory health role thereis further work required to develop the Council’s approach to the needs of the disabled, vulnerable and theelderly referenced in Section 7 of the Action Plan of this EqIA. This will be completed by HRD by April 2013.Page 495AgeA relatively large proportion of lettings are available annually for older peoplefor sheltered housing purposes. For 2009/10 such lettings comprised 126sheltered homes out of a total of 990 homes for rent; for 2010/11, 125 out of911; and, in 2011/12, 109 out of 646. On 1 April 2012, some 339 householdswere on the housing register seeking sheltered accommodation. The Councilexpects this demand to continue but has undertaken a review of its shelteredhousing stock to ensure that the stock available continues to be fit forpurpose. One of the proposals in the Housing Allocation Scheme is designedto facilitate a closer working relationship with the Council’s Adult Social Carestaff to help ensure that older applicants who may have other housing orhealth needs are able to access sheltered housing. This is intended to secureaccommodation for a wider cohort of housing need beyond people who meeta simple age criteria, whilst also reducing reliance on private sector providers.The Council expects the move to ‘Assisted Choice’ to help older people withtheir housing choices as ICT based approaches are perceived to be difficultfor this age group to operate.H+For younger people, it is expected that some young people in the training andemployment community group will gain higher priority for accessing affordablehousing. Through the Annual Lettings Plan, the Council expects that certaincohorts of need, e.g., supported housing needs; children/young adults leavingcare; will continue to receive affordable housing, but may in some instancesbe allocated private rented or leased accommodation. Subject to thepublication of Government Regulations on suitability of accommodation, thismay have positive or negative impacts on those affected, depending onindividual circumstances.H+ and-Tool and Guidance updated for new PSED from 05.04.2011
Page 496DisabilityGenderreassignmentFor younger people, the number of 18-24 year olds allocated homes in2011/12 totalled 106 (16%) out of a total of 646. Reviewing the data availablefrom the Homelessness Strategy, it can be estimated that approximately halfof this cohort of need will have accessed the housing register through ahomelessness acceptance. The Council intends to use private rented housing(subject to publication of the Government’s Homelessness Order) to dischargeits homelessness duty. Any such housing is likely to need to meet (based onthe Draft Order’s content) suitability criteria in regarding its quality andlocation. Therefore any such housing will need to be chosen with care in orderto meet statutory requirements which will be based on the location of thehomes and their quality.The move to ‘Assisted Choice’ should help the Council identify housing that ismore suitable for disabled applicants’ needs, using discretion wherenecessary. Presently, there are recorded 311 household members out of atotal of 22,178 members on the Housing Register (i.e., either applicants orhousehold members who are on the c 10,000 list). The reported level of needis considered to be under-reporting the likely level of housing needs. Furtherwork will need to be undertaken to ensure information is accurately recordedas part of the new Housing Allocation Scheme implementation process. Thiswill need to occur at the point of where new housing register applications arecompleted and annually updated. These will form part of the review exerciseidentified in the Action Plan at the end of this assessment.The Housing Allocation Scheme is not expected to have any impacts onpeople who have transitioned or who are transitioning.H +LNeutralMarriage andCivilPartnershipPregnancyandmaternityThe Housing Allocation Scheme makes clear in the sections on tenancysuccession that a spouse or a civil partner and a person who lives with thetenant as if they were a spouse or a civil partner should have tenancysuccession rights, subject to meeting residency criteria.Housing allocation priority through the homelessness route foraccommodation is set out in the final part of this section of the full screeningdocument.H +H +Tool and Guidance updated for new PSED from 05.04.2011
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monitored and evaluated. A key element of the Housing Allocation Scheme involves greater use of private sectoraccommodation which the council intends to use to discharge its homelessness duties (also featured in thehomelessness strategy sections below). Equality impacts relating to the Council’s homelessness obligations areset out in the final part of this section of the full screening document. The earlier referenced scoping work on theneeds of the vulnerable, elderly and disabled is primarily relevant to the Housing Allocation Scheme but has linkswith the Tenancy Strategy and Homelessness Strategy. Taken with the Council’s new statutory health role thereis further work required to develop the Council’s approach to the needs of the disabled, vulnerable and theelderly referenced in Section 7 of the Action Plan of this EqIA. This will be completed by HRD by April 2013.Page 495AgeA relatively large proportion of lettings are available annually for older peoplefor sheltered housing purposes. For 2009/<strong>10</strong> such lettings comprised 126sheltered homes out of a total of 990 homes for rent; for 20<strong>10</strong>/11, 125 out of911; and, in 2011/12, <strong>10</strong>9 out of 646. On 1 April <strong>2012</strong>, some 339 householdswere on the housing register seeking sheltered accommodation. The Councilexpects this demand to continue but has undertaken a review of its shelteredhousing stock to ensure that the stock available continues to be fit forpurpose. One of the proposals in the Housing Allocation Scheme is designedto facilitate a closer working relationship with the Council’s Adult Social Carestaff to help ensure that older applicants who may have other housing orhealth needs are able to access sheltered housing. This is intended to secureaccommodation for a wider cohort of housing need beyond people who meeta simple age criteria, whilst also reducing reliance on private sector providers.The Council expects the move to ‘Assisted Choice’ to help older people withtheir housing choices as ICT based approaches are perceived to be difficultfor this age group to operate.H+For younger people, it is expected that some young people in the training andemployment community group will gain higher priority for accessing affordablehousing. Through the Annual Lettings Plan, the Council expects that certaincohorts of need, e.g., supported housing needs; children/young adults leavingcare; will continue to receive affordable housing, but may in some instancesbe allocated private rented or leased accommodation. Subject to thepublication of Government Regulations on suitability of accommodation, thismay have positive or negative impacts on those affected, depending onindividual circumstances.H+ and-Tool and Guidance updated for new PSED from 05.04.2011
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