04a JSNA Appendix , item 5. PDF 6 MB - Lambeth Council

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• Approximately 16,000 households are currently registered on the general
needs waiting list. Of these households only 30 (excluding sheltered) were
allocated social housing in 2007/08. 85% of all new social lettings are to
homeless households in temporary accommodation.
• There are currently 2,100 people waiting for an offer in Temporary
Accommodation.
• Through a successful homelessness prevention strategy, the number of
households accepted as being homeless has been successfully reduced
from 1,651 to 735 over the last 5 years.
• There are approximately 13 people sleeping rough in Lambeth on any one
night.
• Around 10% of households living in rented accommodation (both social and
private) are overcrowded. This compares with only 1.2% of owner-occupied
households.
• There are an estimated 28,000 or 22% of all households in the borough
under-occupying their homes (using the criteria of having more than one
spare bedroom).
• 1.8% of private sector properties are vacant for over six months.
• It is estimated that 4,881 additional affordable housing units would need to
be built each year if all affordable needs were to be met. This is an increase
on the 2002 survey estimate of 3,050 per annum. This rise is due both to a
decreased level of supply compared with 2002 and an increasing level of
need due to the significant rise in house prices over and above the ability of
households to afford them (Housing Needs Assessment 2007).
• Lambeth secured the second highest allocation of NAHP funding for the
2006/08 programme in London and successfully delivered 872 new units of
affordable housing between 2005-07.
• From April 2008 the Council has put in place a Choice Based Lettings
scheme with the aim of improving choice for people in housing need. People
looking for a home act directly by registering their interest in any advertised
council or housing association homes in Lambeth for which they are eligible.
Because of the severe shortage of social housing to rent in Lambeth, the
bidder in the greatest need is then invited to view the property.
• There is a government target that all social housing should meet the Decent
Homes Standard by 2010. For a home to be decent it needs to:
meet the current statutory minimum for housing
be in a reasonable state of repair
have reasonably modern facilities and services
provide a reasonable degree of thermal comfort.
• 66% of council homes and 88% of RSL homes meet the Decent Homes
standard. 11% of Private Sector properties are deemed unfit for purpose
(2004 Private Sector Stock Conditions Survey).
• 62% of tenants are satisfied with the landlord services provided by Lambeth
(2006 Tenant Satisfaction Survey). However, the housing management
service provided by Lambeth Council will shortly be transferred to an Arms
Length Management Organisation (ALMO), Lambeth Living.
• 18% of residents surveyed in 2007 rated our council housing as good to
excellent, compared with the London-wide figure of 21%. 18% also rated
our housing as poor to very poor, in line with the inner-London average.
SIGNIFICANT INEQUALITIES IDENTIFIED
Lambeth JSNA – Preliminary Assessment
Version 4
October 2008
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