Housing advice and allocating homes
- 1,024 housing applications processed
- 453 introductory tenancies started
- 913 social housing properties allocated
Average re-let time (the number of days a property was empty between tenants) for council homes was 66 days.
75% of households who approached us about facing homelessness were prevented from becoming homeless, helping clients in crisis and saving money on temporary accommodation.
Rent collection
- Rent due for 2023-24 financial year – £70,319,943
- Total rent collected in the year, as a % of rent due in the year – 99%
- Total rent collected (including arrears payments made by current and former tenants) – £69,734,518
- Arrears brought forward from previous years – £5,441,193
- 92% of all rent due (including arrears) was collected.
