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Subject: Evictions

Reference: WBC-FOI-00563

  • How many people are living in local authority homes (Council housing) in your local authority?

  • How many evictions have there been for rent arrears in:

    1. 2020?

    2. 2021?

    3. 2022?

    4. So far in 2023?

Response

Part Disclosed - 30 January 2023

  • How many people are living in local authority homes (Council housing) in your local authority?

    There are 32,634 Council owned properties. The number of residents that we record in such accommodation may not be fully accurate, as the information we hold is based on what tenants and leaseholders give us on their household members.

  • How many evictions have there been for rent arrears in:

    1.2020? 16

    2.2021? 2

    3.2022? 16

    4.So far in 2023? 0 (as at 27/1/23).

Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.