FOI Request - Lossiemouth Social Housing
Request 101002522163
I am looking for some information regarding the availability of social housing in the Lossiemouth area (number of council tenants in Lossiemouth, total number of council/social housing properties, types of properties available, number of homelessness in the Moray area, number of people on the waiting list for housing in Lossiemouth).
Response 30-06-2020
Number of council tenants in Lossiemouth:
We have assumed that you mean the number of secure tenancies. At 8 June 2020, there are 418 council tenancies in Lossiemouth.
Total number of council/social housing properties and types of properties available:
Information for Moray is publicly available through the Scottish housing regulator website. Please refer to https://www.housingregulator.gov.scot/landlord-performance/landlords/moray-council (see housing stock).
Information on Lossiemouth is publicly available through our website. Please refer to our housing options guide at http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_95036.html and select either the relevant housing market area or town.
In both of these cases, in accordance with Section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 that the requested information is available elsewhere.
Number of homelessness in the Moray area
Local authority and national statistics are published regularly by the Scottish Government through the HL1 Return. Please refer to https://www.gov.scot/collections/homelessness-statistics/.
For statistics, refer to the most recent publication (https://www.gov.scot/publications/homelessness-scotland-update-30-september-2019/) and the supporting files section.
As such, in accordance with Section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 that the requested information is available elsewhere.
Number of people on the waiting list for housing in Lossiemouth:
We assume you mean number of applications waiting for housing. At 8 June 2020, 277 households are on the list with a first area preference of Lossiemouth.