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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