Memorandum by the London Borough of Islington
SHARED EQUITY & SOCIAL RENTED HOMES IN
THE NORTH LONDON SUB REGION
As has been discussed, providing the information
you seek is not a straightforward exercise. I have put together
information for Islington, which I hope meets your requirements.
It concentrates on social rented homes because information regarding
the origins of those households purchasing equity share homes
is held by the respective RSL's who develop(ed) the schemes or
our zone agent Metropolitan Housing Trust.
Q1. How many new shared equity & social
rented homes have been built in Islington in the past 5 years.
|
| Year
|
| Homes Provided | 2002-03
| 2003-04 | 2004-05
| 2005-06 | 2006-Dec06
|
|
| Shared Equity Homes | 73
| 16 | 30
| 24 | 202
|
| Social Rented Homes | |
| | | |
| General Needs | 180
| 164 | 222
| 157 | 60
|
| Supported Housing | 20
| | 11 | 81
| |
| Sheltered Housing | | 34
| 35 | |
|
| Total | 200 |
198 | 268
| 238 | 60
|
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Shared Equity—the steep increase in numbers during
the current year is due to the effects of the Arsenal redevelopment
.
I am unable at this time to provide you with information
on the origins of those households who have purchased equity shared
homes. RSL's hold this detail.
Social Housing-the figures in the table include general needs
housing, supported & sheltered housing. I can only provide
you with figures for rehousing into general needs social housing.
Allocation to supported and sheltered housing is not directly
handled by the council's rehousing section. The general needs
housing figures include homes built inside and outside Islington.
The majority of the homes built outside the borough do not fall
within the North London Sub region area.
Q2. The number of new build homes allocated to households
from within the borough
|
| | General Needs
Homes
| Allocations
| General Needs
Homes
| Allocations
|
| Year | In Borough
| IR | NIR
| Out Borough | IR
| NIR |
|
| 2002-03 | 125
| 125 | 0
| 55 | 55
| 0 |
| 2003-04 | 123
| 123 | 0
| 41 | 41
| 0 |
| 2004-05 | 194
| 193 | 1
| 28 | 28
| 0 |
| 2005-06 | 157
| 157 | 0
| | | |
| 2006-Dec 2006 | 60
| 60 | 0
| | | |
|
IR = Islington Resident.
NIR = Non Islington Resident .
Islington residents have almost exclusively benefited from
the allocation of general needs new build homes over the last
five years. Only one external resident being allocated a new build
home in the borough.
I think it important to note however that this position is
about to radically change. The North London Sub Region arrangements
will come into play in 2007-08 and into the future. Looking at
projections, Islington will become an importing borough taking
residents from the other authorities in the sub region.
Q3. The number of homes allocated to people from other
parts of the North London Sub Region
As set out in the allocations table, only one non Islington
household was allocated a new build home in Islington over the
period. They came via an inter borough nomination.
Q4. The number or proportion of internal & external
allocations made to newly built homes.
See 3 above
If you require any further explanation or have any questions
regarding the information please contact me
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