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Access to Housing: A local perspective

Explore Maidstone's housing landscape, from new affordable homes to homelessness reduction efforts, and understand the allocation scheme based on eligibility and preference categories. Learn about the upcoming changes under the Homelessness Reduction Act and how they aim to prevent and relieve homelessness effectively.

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Access to Housing: A local perspective

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  1. Access to Housing:A local perspective John Littlemore Head of Housing & Community Services

  2. Today’s Discussion • National context • Local picture • Allocation Scheme • Homelessness Reduction Act

  3. The Local Picture

  4. New Affordable Homes

  5. Rental Values in Maidstone

  6. Homelessness Activity

  7. Reason For Homelessness

  8. Allocation Scheme • Housing Act 1996 • Part 6 – Allocation of accommodation • Part 7 – Homelessness • Localism Act 2011 – localised priorities • Over 600 lettings each year • Currently around 700 applicants on the Housing Register

  9. Policy & Statute • Eligibility • Preference categories • Persons who are homeless • Persons owed the main housing duty (Housing Act ‘96 Part 7) • Occupying insanitary, overcrowded or unsatisfactory housing conditions • Particular need to move to a locality otherwise hardship will occur • Medical or welfare grounds

  10. Maidstone’s Banding Scheme • Band A – Community contribution • Band B – Health assistance • Band C – Preference groups • Band D – Homelessness • Priority between applicants is by date order • MBC does not operate

  11. Homelessness Reduction Act • Expected April 2018 • New ‘prevention’ and ‘relief’ duty • Amends not replaces existing legislation • Extends definition of threatened with homelessness from 28 to 56 days • Introduces the concept of the “Personal Housing Plan”

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