Your questions
- How many applicants are currently waiting for 1 and 2 -bedroom properties in each Band on the council's housing register
- In the last 12 months, how many people have, waiting for either a 1- or 2-bedroom property in Lambeth, been allocated permanent accommodation and what was their average waiting time.
- Of those who are waiting for either 1 or 2 bed accommodation, how many have changed banding priority? For those who have changed banding, what is their average waiting time compared to those who have not changed banding priority.
Our response
- Waiting for 1- bed
Band A - 1,058
Band B - 824
Band C1 - 596
Band C2 - 12,534
Band D - 6,987
- Waiting for 2- bed
Band A - 1,192
Band B - 2,872
Band C1 - 1,108
Band C2 - 2,943
Band D - 2,058
- August 2020 to July 2021, 414 households successfully bid for 1-bedroom size permanent homes, their average waiting time was 3.6 years. 256 households successfully bid for 2-bedroom size permanent homes and their average waiting time was 6.6 years.
- .Answering this question would exceed the FOI limit. We do not record the date of band changes as this is not relevant to determining relative priority. This would require manual review of over 30,000 cases to determine if and when priority band was last changed.(Above answers provided on 26th August 2021)