Housing Register and affordable housing delivery
Case reference FOI2023/00569
Published 31 January 2024
Request
Good afternoon, Please may I request the following information (as a formal 'freedom of information' request), regarding the Oxford City Housing Register: 1. The total number of households on the Council's Housing Register at 1st November 2023. 1. The average waiting times at 1st November 2023 for the following types of affordable property across the Authority: * 1 bed affordable dwelling * 2 bed affordable dwellings * 3 bed affordable dwellings * 4+ bed affordable dwelling 1. The average waiting times at 1st November 2022 for the following types of affordable property across the Authority: * 1 bed affordable dwelling * 2 bed affordable dwellings * 3 bed affordable dwellings * 4+ bed affordable dwelling 1. The total number of households on the Council's Housing Register at 1st November 2023 specifying Barton and Sandhills as their preferred choice of location * 1 bed affordable * 2 bed affordable * 3 bed affordable * 4+ affordable Please could I also request confirmation of how many affordable homes have been consented and delivered across the Authority at 1st November 2023 in the following years: * 2018/19 * 2019/20 * 2020/21 * 2021/22 * 2022/23 Thank you in advance.
Response
Response
1. The total number of households on the Council's Housing Register at 1stNovember 2023.
3401.
2. The average waiting times at 1st November 2023 for the following types of affordable property across the Authority:
Average time since application date for applicants on the housing register as at 1 Nov 2023
Bedroom need
1-bed 4.8 years
2-bed 3.7 years
3-bed 5.0 years
4+-bed 6.2 years
3. The average waiting times at 1st November 2022 for the following types of affordable property across the Authority:
Average time since application date for applicants on the housing register as at 1 Nov 2022
Bedroom need
1-bed 4.3 years
2-bed 3.6 years
3-bed 4.7 years
4+-bed 5.8 years
4. The total number of households on the Council's Housing Register at 1st November 2023 specifying Barton and Sandhills as their preferred choice of location
The Council does not ask applicants to specify areas as we have a choice based lettings system where applicants decide which properties they want to bid on and can choose to only bid on properties in certain areas.
Please could I also request confirmation of how many affordable homes have been consented and delivered across the Authority at 1stNovember 2023 in the following years:
This data is reported on an end-of-financial-year basis but reported publicly at:
Authority Monitoring Report 2021-2022 | Oxford City Council
We can also disclose the following data which does not include "consented" but does include all affordable homes delivered and include units delivered by OCC, OX Place, Registered Providers and also those delivered through street acquisitions programmes. The tenures of the units include social rent, affordable rent and shared ownership homes. Information is provided by financial year.
2018/19 102
2019/20 89
2020/21 123
2021/22 241
2022/23 397
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