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Page 498Religion/belief (includingnon-belief)SexSexualOrientationand evaluated carefully. Allocating more rented housing from the Home BuyRegister could have a negative impact on ethnic minority groups. Followingthe introduction of the Housing Allocation Scheme, lettings trends will need tobe monitored and evaluated to assess impacts, and acted as necessary.The Housing Allocation Scheme is not expected to have any impacts onpeople according to their religious beliefs.The 646 Allocations in 2011/12 by gender (based on main applicant) were asfollows: 372 (58%) to women, 274 (42%) to men. The Council will monitor andevaluate the impact of the new Housing Allocation Scheme on this equalitygroup closely, drawing on data for 2012/13 and for previous years. TheHousing Allocation Scheme gives high rehousing priority to victims ofdomestic violence.Allocating more rented housing from the Home Buy Register could have anegative impact through differential levels of income.The Housing Allocation Scheme makes clear in the sections on tenancysuccession that a civil partner and a person who lives with the tenant as if theywere a civil partner should have tenancy succession rights, subject to meetingresidency criteria.Human Rights and Children’s RightsWill it affect Human Rights, as defined by the Human Rights Act 1998?NoWill it affect Children’s Rights, as defined by the UNCRC (1992)?NoM -LHMNeutral+-H +Tool and Guidance updated for new PSED from 05.04.2011The Tenancy Strategy sets out the Council’s approach to flexible tenancies. This document highlights a range offixed terms – from two to five years – which the Council intends to grant in its role as a registered provider ofaffordable housing. It also provides guidance to other registered providers, principally housing associations, onfixed term lengths and levels of affordable rent that should be charged in the borough. Some tenancies will stillbe granted on a secure or assured (i.e., lifetime basis). Private Registered Providers (usually housingassociations) are required to have due regard to the local housing authority’s Tenancy Strategy when formulatingtheir own tenancy and tenancy renewal policies. The large majority of the impacts described below relates to howthe Council in its registered provider role intends to change the tenancies it intends to grant. It should be noted