‘The
reasons that Croydon has experienced a harder impact’ of homelessness ‘than
other parts of the country are partly due to the housing market, and partly due
to other factors such as levels of incomes and types of occupation in the
borough.’ Three areas of the Borough
generated nearly 54% of homelessness in 2011/12 (whether or not households are
officially accepted as homeless by the Council): Central Croydon (471 – 25%)
and Thornton Heath (322 – 17%); and South Norwood (220 – n.12%)
This
information comes in replies to a
group of 5 questions I submitted as a Freedom of Information request as follow up to the paper I submitted to the members of the Council's Scrutiny Sub-committee meeting on 18 June.
Question: ‘What is the ward spread of where
homelessness households come from in which there are significant high
incidence?’
‘We are not able to
provide the homeless data requested broken down by ward as it not recorded in
this way. The Freedom of Information
(Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004 specify an “appropriate limit”
for the amount of time the council needs to spend undertaking that search. If the council estimates that the time to
taken to locate, retrieve and extract the information requested will exceed the
appropriate limit, then under Section 12 of the Act, it is not obliged to
comply with that request.
The appropriate
limit currently specified by the Regulations for local authorities is £450.
This represents the estimated cost of one person spending two and a half working
days in locating, retrieving and extracting the information from where it is
stored. We estimate that reconciling
individual homeless records into wards would exceed the appropriate limit.
Therefore, we are unable to disclose the information you are seeking.
However,
please see attached data that we do hold which sets out information very
similar to that requested - homeless approaches for the financial year 2011/12
broken down by housing allocation scheme management areas (which are very
similar in geographical terms to wards).
The area codes and descriptions are set out under the data and there is a
link below to the description of the different areas:
Question ‘Within wards with a high
incidence of homeless are there smaller neighbourhoods in which there is a high
incidence of homelessness?’
‘It
would also not be possible to analyse the homeless data available to a smaller
geography than ward without exceeding the time Freedom of Information time
limit. Please see response above to
question’ above.
Loss of Shorthold Tenancies
Nearly a quarter of
officially accepted homelessness in Croydon in the year to 31 March was due to
the ending of shorthold tenancies, up from 15.6% the previous year. Under the Freedom of Information request process I had asked for more detail on the figures submitted to the Scrutiny Sub-committee on 18 June. I specifically highlighted the need for the figures on
homelessness caused by domestic violence or abuse,
and the incidence of landlord and mortgage re-possession. The number of households found to be eligible, unintentionally homeless and in priority
need has been dramatically rising: 1910/11 575, 1911/12 847 and 1912/13 911.
Last year mortgage arrears were
insignificant at 15 out of 911. Violent partnership breakdown is fluctuating:
52, 78, 83. The major cause of homelessness is from among those who have been
sharing with parents, relatives and friends, where the arrangement breaks down:
1910/11 260 (45%); 1911/12 400 (47%); 1912/13 356 (39%).
The
answer to my request states:
‘Local authorities report
activity taken on homelessness to the Department for Communities and Local
Government (DCLG) each quarter (known as P1E returns). The DCLG publish most of these figures on
their website at a national geography (i.e. England), and some of the
information at a regional geography.
Unfortunately only a limited amount of homeless information is published
at a local authority geography. The link below is for the DCLG live tables on
homelessness
P1E
returns capture the reason given for the loss of the last settled home by a
homeless applicant. The table below
shows the reasons for homelessness provided by homeless households for the last
three financial years.’
Projected Increases in Homelessness
Question: ‘Does the projected increase for
each of these categories take into account the effects of the growing pressures
linked to lowering incomes, higher prices, job loss, unemployment and increased
stresses due to the growing problems of coping with difficult circumstances?’
The reply: ‘The
projection of underlying homelessness demand set out in the chart in paragraph
2.11 of the Scrutiny Sub-Committee report uses a compound annual growth rate
calculation applied to the number of households accepted as homeless by the
council each year over the period 2007/8 to 2010/11. Underlying homelessness demand should capture
homelessness arising from the credit crunch and economic slowdown, and as a result
of measures introduced to reduce the budget deficit over that period.’
Special Factors in Croydon
Question ‘What are the
special factors that have led to the significant increase in homelessness in
the past two years compared with other parts of the country mentioned in para.
2.12. How much of this was due to the destruction of homes in the 2011 riot?’
‘The
reasons that Croydon has experienced a harder impact than other parts of the
country are partly due to the housing market, and partly due to other factors
such as levels of incomes and types of occupation in the borough. Paragraph 2.4
of the report sets out these factors, however, the relevant sentences of
paragraph 2.4 is set out below:
“Croydon has a smaller social
housing* stock compared to other boroughs (17% of housing stock) and the
council relies on the private rented sector to meet housing need and is
therefore vulnerable to changes in the housing market. The initial stages of
welfare reform, reduction of local reference rents to the 30th
percentile of market rents and the prospect of direct payments to tenants,
together with changing market conditions has led to the withdrawal of many
private landlords from letting to benefit claimants. There has been increasing
competition for private rented housing from households unable to access owner
occupied housing, as well as from local authorities and other housing providers
looking to source accommodation in Croydon due to cheaper rents and good
transport connections. Information about household incomes, occupations,
evictions and repossessions in Croydon also strongly suggest that the borough’s
residents living in market housing are more vulnerable to homelessness due to
economic changes. These factors mean that Croydon has been less able to absorb
the impact of increasing homelessness and has faced significant challenges in
sourcing new private rented supply which in the recent past has been vital in
helping prevent homelessness and reducing the need to provide temporary
accommodation for homeless households.”
103 households were displaced and required housing as a
result of the riots in August 2011.
*Social housing” includes
council and housing association rented homes.
BC07
|
BC08
|
BC09
|
BC10
|
BC
11
|
B
C
12
|
B
C
13
|
BC14
|
BC15
|
BC16
|
BS25
|
BS26
|
BS27
|
BS28
|
BN01
|
BN02
|
BN03
|
BN04
|
BN 05
|
BN06
|
BS17
|
BS18
|
BS19
|
BS20
|
BS21
|
BS22
|
BS23
|
BS24
|
HVAL
|
OUT of borough
|
T
O
T
A
L
s
|
|
EVICTED
BY PARENTS
|
55
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
26
|
71
|
15
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
57
|
15
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
69
|
0
|
7
|
13
|
0
|
9
|
3
|
14
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
24
|
425
|
EVICTED
BY OTHER RELS/FRIENDS
|
53
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
73
|
24
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
25
|
6
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
74
|
0
|
1
|
15
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
41
|
369
|
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
23
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
50
|
133
|
NON-VIOL
REL BREAKDOWN
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
21
|
MORTGAGE
REPO
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
24
|
ARREARS
- COUNCIL
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
ARREARS
- HSG ASSOC
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
ARREARS
- PRIVATE
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
20
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
17
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
77
|
EVICTED
BY RESID LANDLORD
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
25
|
TERM
ASSURED
|
10
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
12
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
12
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
63
|
TERM
ASSURED SHORTHOLD
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
36
|
11
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
10
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
148
|
TERM
BARE LICENCE
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
24
|
LEFT
ARMED FORCES
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
LOST
TIED ACCOMM
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
ILLEGAL
EVICTION
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
LEFT
PRIVATE - OTHER
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
29
|
LEFT
INST / CARE
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
16
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
16
|
60
|
SPLIT
HOUSEHOLD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
REFUGEE/ASYLUM
SEEKERS
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
EMERGENCY
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
28
|
34
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
22
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
101
|
RACIAL
HARASSMENT
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
OTHER
HARASSMENT
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
11
|
LEFT
HOSTEL
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
UNREASONABLE
TO OCCUPY
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
UNAUTH
OCC / SQUATTING
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
LBC/HA
EVICTED MANAG REASONS
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
NFA
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
22
|
NASS
Approach-Croydon
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
NASS
Approach-O/S London
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
TOTALS EXCL OTHER/SNAP & WDP CASES
|
202
|
5
|
0
|
7
|
67
|
335
|
106
|
35
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
1
|
115
|
48
|
0
|
52
|
0
|
286
|
3
|
15
|
58
|
0
|
37
|
7
|
29
|
11
|
3
|
2
|
164
|
1607
|
OTHER
|
18
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
134
|
13
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
36
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
7
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
22
|
270
|
|
SNAP
Cases
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
WDP
Cases
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
TOTAL
|
220
|
5
|
0
|
7
|
69
|
471
|
119
|
37
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
2
|
123
|
55
|
0
|
55
|
0
|
322
|
3
|
15
|
70
|
0
|
44
|
8
|
32
|
12
|
3
|
2
|
186
|
1879
|
Area code
|
Description
|
BC07
|
SOUTH NORWOOD
|
BC08
|
WOODSIDE
|
BC09
|
WEST
THORNTON/BROAD GREEN
|
BC10
|
ASHBURTON
|
BC11
|
ADDISCOMBE
|
BC12
|
CENTRAL CROYDON
|
BC13
|
WEST CROYDON
|
BC14
|
SHIRLEY &
HEATHFIELD
|
BC15
|
SHRUBLANDS
|
BC16
|
MONKS ORCHARD
|
BE25
|
MONKS HILL ESTATE
|
BE26
|
SELSDON &
FORESTDALE
|
BE27
|
FIELDWAY ESTATE
|
BE28
|
NEW ADDINGTON
|
BN01
|
UPPER NORWOOD
|
BN02
|
GREEN LANE ESTATE
|
BN03
|
NORBURY
|
BN04
|
SOUTH NORWOOD
HILL
|
BN05
|
THORNTON HEATH
|
BN06
|
SELHURST
|
BS17
|
WADDON
|
BS18
|
SOUTH CROYDON
|
BS19
|
CROHAM
|
BS20
|
PURLEY
|
BS21
|
SANDERSTEAD
|
BS22
|
COULSDON
|
BS23
|
KENLEY
|
BS24
|
OLD COULSDON
|
HVAL
|
VALLEY PARK
|
OTH
|
OTHER
|
OUT
|
OUT OF BOROUGH
|
Main reason for loss of last settled home for applicant households found
to be eligible, unintentionally homeless and in priority need during
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
|
1. Parents no longer willing or able to accommodate
|
127
|
214
|
195
|
2. Other relatives or friends no longer willing or able to
accommodate
|
133
|
186
|
161
|
3. Non-violent breakdown of relationship with partner
|
6
|
10
|
15
|
4. Violence
|
|||
a. Violent breakdown of relationship, involving partner
|
52
|
76
|
63
|
b. Violent breakdown of relationship involving associated
persons
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
c. Racially motivated violence
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
d. Other forms of violence
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5. Harassment, threats or intimidation
|
|||
a. Racially motivated harassment
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
b. Other forms of harassment
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
6. Mortgage arrears (repossession or other loss of home)
|
7
|
19
|
15
|
7. Rent arrears on:
|
|||
a. Local authority or other or other public sector dwellings
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
b. Registered social landlord or other housing association
dwellings
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
c. Private sector dwellings
|
23
|
32
|
48
|
8. Loss of rented or tied accommodation due to:
|
|||
a. Termination of assured shorthold tenancy
|
88
|
132
|
227
|
b. Reasons other than termination of assured shorthold tenancy
|
18
|
29
|
52
|
9. Required to leave National Asylum Support Service accommodation
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
10. Left an institution or LA care
|
|||
a. Left prison/remand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
b. Left hospital
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
c. Left other institution or LA care
|
14
|
9
|
18
|
11.Other reason for loss of last settled home
|
|||
a. Left HM-Forces
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
b. Other reason
|
100
|
131
|
109
|
12. Total
applicant households
|
575
|
847
|
911
|
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