Poverty & Inequalities Profile - Falkirk 2010 - Falkirk Council

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Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Poverty & Inequalities Profile Falkirk 2009 Housing Benefit is available to tenants liable to pay rent who have a low level of income and savings. This is available to people living in Local Authority housing or housing association housing. Local Housing Allowance was introduced in 2008 and is available to people living in Private Rented accommodation that have low income and savings. These tables show those receiving Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit who are also on low income benefits. Council Tax Benefit is offered to those liable to pay Council Tax but have low income and savings level. This benefit is available to those who rent and owner occupiers. In 2008/09 57.1% of Council tenants received Housing Benefit, whilst 56.2% of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) tenants and 36.2% of those living in private rented accommodation received Housing Benefit. Table 17: Tenure Type of Housing Benefit Claimants Year Local Authority Registered Social Landlord Private Landlord Total 2003/04 7,276 80.8% 1,024 11.4% 700 7.8% 9,001 2004/05 7,432 81.0% 1,104 12.0% 635 6.9% 9,172 2005/06 7,217 80.9% 1,068 12.0% 625 7.0% 8,911 2006/07 7,059 80.5% 1,092 12.5% 617 7.0% 8,769 2007/08 6,838 79.9% 1,224 14.3% 492 5.8% 8,555 2008/09 6,752 79.1% 1,218 14.3% 563 6.6% 8,534 2009/10 6,980 76.4% 1,297 14.2% 859 9.4% 9,137 The table above shows that the majority of Housing Benefit claimants live in Council housing. It also shows that the number of those living in Local Authority housing claiming Housing Benefit has decreased from 2003/04 to 2009/10 whilst the number of people living in RSL accommodation has gradually increased during the same period. The number of people living in Private Landlord accommodation was decreasing from 2003/04 to 2007/08, however, in 2008/09 and 2009/10 there has been significant increases; this may be due to the limited stock of Local Authority and RSL housing and higher availability of Private Landlord accommodation. Table 18: Benefit Housing Benefit & Council Tax Year Benefit Housing Benefit Only Council Tax Benefit Only Total 2003/04 8,513 82.0% 487 4.7% 1,382 13.3% 10,382 2004/05 8,661 80.1% 510 4.7% 1,636 15.1% 10,807 2005/06 8,367 78.5% 543 5.1% 1,749 16.4% 10,659 2006/07 8,246 77.7% 522 4.9% 1,843 17.4% 10,611 2007/08 8,009 76.7% 545 5.2% 1,886 18.1% 10,440 2008/09 8,019 76.9% 514 4.9% 1,891 18.1% 10,424 2009/10 8,579 77.0% 557 5.0% 2,012 18.0% 11,148 2010/11 8,698 77.3% 548 4.9% 2,006 17.8% 11,252 Table 18 shows that the majority of claimants received both Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. The increase in the number of Council Tax Benefit only is a reflection of the increase in rates of owner occupation.
Housing in Falkirk Poverty & Inequalities Profile Falkirk 2009 Housing & Households Current population changes have led to household changes. The number of households is increasing whilst the size of households is decreasing as more young and elderly people live alone, families are smaller, as couple chose to not to have children or to have fewer, and relationship breakdowns. The number of households in the council area has grown from 56,780 in 1991 to 68,223 in 2009, an increase of 20.2% while the population has only increased by 6.5% within the same period. By 2033 it is predicted that there will be 86,410 households within the Council area. While the number of households will increase, there will also be a significant change in the household types. The number and percentage of single person households will increase substantially; by 2033 nearly 45% of all households will consist of a single person, a total of 38,050 households. There will be a consequential reduction in the number of households of two or more adults with children with a 26% decrease from 2008 to 2033. As a result of the change in the types of households, average household size will continue to fall from 2.21 persons per households in 2008 to 1.95 people per household in 2033. The Scottish average will decrease from 2.18 to 1.93 in the same period. Housing Tenure The impact of the Right to Buy on the distribution of tenure has been significant. In 1981 69.3% of Falkirk households were living in local authority housing and only 26.3% owner occupied. Right to Buy has widened access to owner occupation significantly. 67.4% of Falkirk households are now owner occupied which is more than double the proportion of owner occupation prior to the Right to Buy and only 23.3% are local authority housing. 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% 67.40% Figure 4: Housing Tenure Falkirk 2008 23.30% 4.40% 4.90% Owner Occupier Falkirk Council Housing Association Private Rented Tenure Type
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