Schedule 6 Performance indicators for homelessness
| Indicator Number | Description of indicator |
|---|---|
(a) Under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 the authority has a duty to secure accommodation for persons with a priority need who are not homeless intentionally. | |
(b) Persons in respect of whom the authority accepts that there is a duty to provide accommodation in accordance with section 193 of the Housing Act 1996. | |
| 1 | The average length of stay in–
of households which include dependent children or a pregnant woman and where the applicant for accommodation is unintentionally homeless and in priority need for accommodation. |
| 2 | The number of people, on a single night within the authority’s area, sleeping or bedding down in the open air, or in buildings or other places not designed for habitation. |
| 3 | The percentage increase or decrease, from the previous financial year, in the number of households, which include dependent children or pregnant women, placed in temporary accommodationf1. |
| 4 | The number of households in the financial year that considered themselves homeless, who approached the authority’s housing advice service and for whom housing advice casework intervention resolved their situation. |
| 5 | The proportion of those households accepted as homelessf2 in the financial year, who had been previously been accepted as homeless by the same authority within the last two years. |
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
(a)
Under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 the authority has a duty to secure accommodation for persons with a priority need who are not homeless intentionally.
- f2
(b)
Persons in respect of whom the authority accepts that there is a duty to provide accommodation in accordance with section 193 of the Housing Act 1996.