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To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many tenants in social housing for each local authority in the United Kingdom have been reported, since 1 April, to be in rent arrears for the first time; and what proportion of those are subject to the under-occupancy charge.[HL2092]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many tenants in social housing for each local authority in the United Kingdom have been reported, since 1 April, to be in rent arrears for the first time; and what proportion of those are subject to the under-occupancy charge.[HL2092]
Statistics are published annually on the total value of local authority social housing rent arrears, and were most recently published on my Department’s website for 2011-12: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/73210/lahs-data-returns-for-2011-12.xls (Tab H of the spreadsheet).
Data for 2012-13 will be available at the end of this year.
The 2012 Global Accounts of Housing Providers, published by the social housing regulator in March 2013, show that current private registered providers’ tenant arrears at the end of the 2011-12 financial year were 4.8% in England. This is an improvement in performance on arrears compared to 2010-11, when they were 5.1%. The overall financial performance of the sector has also improved compared to the year before. The regulator will publish the Global Accounts for 2012-13 in spring 2014.
The Department does not collect official statistics on how many social housing tenants were in arrears for the first time nor on any notional sub-classification based on welfare reform.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their forecast for the amount of council housing rent arrears in 2013–14; and what impact the under-occupancy charge on properties with spare bedrooms will have on that figure.[HL608]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their forecast for the amount of council housing rent arrears in 2013–14; and what impact the under-occupancy charge on properties with spare bedrooms will have on that figure.[HL608]
My department does not make forecasts of local authority rent arrears.
The removal of the spare room subsidy will promote fairness and will bring the provision of housing benefit for social tenants more closely into line with the provision for private sector tenants.
My Lords, the contributions to housing debates in this House always come from experienced people. It has been an extremely wide-ranging debate and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, for having introduced it because it is good for us, every so often, to be able to rehearse the issues....
My Lords, the contributions to housing debates in this House always come from experienced people. It has been an extremely wide-ranging debate and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, for having introduced it because it is good for us, every so often, to be able to rehearse the issues....
Lords motion to take note of levels of unmet housing need. Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to take note of levels of unmet housing need. Agreed to on question.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will monitor the levels of council tax and rent arrears each month following (1) the replacement of council tax benefit by the council tax reduction scheme, and (2) the introduction of the reductions in housing benefit paid to tenants of social housing where...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will monitor the levels of council tax and rent arrears each month following (1) the replacement of council tax benefit by the council tax reduction scheme, and (2) the introduction of the reductions in housing benefit paid to tenants of social housing where...
In regard to local council tax support schemes there are no plans to monitor the level of arrears each month. We will continue to monitor levels of council tax arrears generally on an annual basis. In regard to the spare room subsidy, the Department for Work and Pensions has committed to evaluating the removal of the spare room subsidy and the impact on claimants and landlords will be included in their evaluation report.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many properties they estimate will be available for council and housing association tenants in Brighton and Hove following their relocation from underoccupied properties.[HL5259]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many properties they estimate will be available for council and housing association tenants in Brighton and Hove following their relocation from underoccupied properties.[HL5259]
This information is not centrally held. The number and type of social housing freed up in that local authority area will depend on local and individual circumstances.
Notwithstanding that, I refer the noble Lord to the Answer of 12 February 2013 (Official Report, Commons, col. 612W) on the national estimates of overcrowding and under-occupation in social housing.