Useful Statistics

Number of Housing Register Applications Received Monthly 2010-2011

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	March	Total
Total	85	94	245	87	61	100	68	139	72	52	85	89	1177

Average number of applications received per month is 98

This time last year (2009-2010)

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	March	Total
Total	107	106	145	99	100	119	122	80	58	81	111	100	1218

Average number of applications per month last year was 102

This shows a consistent level of approaches by applicants wishing to join the housing register.

Number on the Waiting List (with and without a housing need)

	April 2010	April 2011
Housing Waiting List	864	1188
Transfer Applicant	407	400
Homeless	123	136
TOTAL	1394	1724

This time last year there were 1394 applicants on the register.

This means that the number of applicants on the waiting list has increased by 24%.

Number on the Waiting List (with a housing need)

	April 2010	April 2011
Housing Waiting List	763	1042
Transfer Applicant	374	371
Homeless	123	136
TOTAL	1260	1549

This time last year there were 1260 applicants on the register with housing needs points.

This means that the number of applicants on the waiting list in housing need has increased by 23%.

Number of Properties Available to Let

Lets between 1^st April 2010 and 31^st March 2011 = 466 (including RSL properties)
Let between 1^st April 2009 and 31^st March 2010 = 570 (including RSL properties)

This is a decrease of 18%

Number of Local Properties Let and Proportion let Locally

During 2010 – 2011 Ashford Borough Council advertised 77 village properties that were subject to the local connection criteria within our Lettings Policy.

Of these 77, 53 were actually let to an applicant with a local connection. The others were not allocated to applicants with a local connection as there were no local applicants who bid or who bid and were suitable. Therefore, the property must be given to the highest pointed person regardless of connection.

Breakdown of the Housing Register by Ethnic Origin

These figures were taken as at 31st March 2011

Ethnic Group	Number of Applicants
Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi	5
Asian/Asian British: Indian	0
Asian/Asian British: Other	28
Asian/Asian British: Pakistani	0
Black/Black British: African	25
Black/Black British: Caribbean	6
Black/Black British: Other	5
Chinese	5
Traveller	0
Mixed other	5
Mixed White & Asian	3
Mixed white & Black African	3
Mixed white & Black Caribbean	5
Other	12
Refused	1
Unknown	52
White British	1516
White Irish	10
White Other	49
TOTAL	1730

Applicants Housed Monthly by Ethnic Origin

Percentage of Housing Register Housed 2009-2010 by Ethnic Origin

Ethnic Monitoring	Percentage
Black African	4%
Any other Asian	0%
Bangladeshi	0%
Any Other Black	0%
White British	85%
Chinese	0%
Black Caribbean	0%
Indian	0%
White Irish	0%
Other Mxd Background	0%
Other Ethnic Origin	0%
Pakistani	0%
Question Refused	0%
South East Asian	0%
Unknown	6%
White and Asian	1%
White or Black African	0%
White or Black Caribbean	0%
Other White Person	0%
Traveller	4%
Total	100%

Average Waiting Time

Unfortuntely, it is never possible for us to provide you with an accurate waiting time, nor is it possible to guarantee that you will be rehoused. This is due to a very high number of applicants waiting for a limited supply of available social rented properties.

Unfortuntely, this will result in long waiting times for the vast majority of our applicant and it will only be those in the highest need that will have waiting times of under 18 months.

Please contact our Housing Services Team on 01233 330688 for an approximate estimated waiting time based upon your points level and the type of property that you require.

This webpage was updated on 12/20/2011

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