FOI Request - Council Housing
Request 101003350813
1. Please could you confirm the total number of tenants in council housing as of June 2023.
2. Please could you confirm the total number of newly built social housing within the last 5 years. Could these figures be provided by year against target figures?
3. How many people are under the Council Housing waiting list as of June 2023? If possible, could you please specify the age group, gender and the number of minorities/BME community who are in the council's housing waiting list.
4. What were the main reasons for complaints, categories of complaint and how many complaints were recorded in each category - could this please be from June 2022 to present??
Clarification sought 14-07-2023
Clarification received 17-07-2023
Response 09-08-2023
1. As of 1 June 2023, the total number of secure council tenancies are 6,168.
2.
| Financial Year | No. of New Social Homes (Moray Council and Housing Associations) |
| 2018-19 | 84 |
| 2019-20 | 74 |
| 2020-21 | 102 |
| 2021-22 | 142 |
| 2022-23 | 152 |
We do not set a “target figure” since it can be difficult to predict construction progress. However, we monitor Scottish Government grant expenditure regularly within our Affordable Housing reports to our Housing and Community Safety Committee (https://moray.cmis.uk.com/moray/CouncilandGovernance/Committees/tabid/62/ctl/ViewCMIS_CommitteeDetails/mid/381/id/49/Default.aspx) and was last presented to committee on 27 June 2023 (https://moray.cmis.uk.com/moray/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=GMRUrWaOPOWDEIENeMdSWqITZGwtGYC29j5Dhe7MVgDE9VM8CMR7vg%3d%3d&rUzwRPf%2bZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3d%3d=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2fLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3d%3d&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&kCx1AnS9%2fpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2bAJvYtyA%3d%3d=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&FgPlIEJYlotS%2bYGoBi5olA%3d%3d=NHdURQburHA%3d&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3d).
3. By “waiting list” we assume you mean our overall housing list which includes homeless, waiting and transfer applicants.
As at 1 June 2023 there were 2,976 applicants on our housing list.
| Age Group | No of Applications: |
| a. 16-24 | 414 |
| b. 25-34 | 844 |
| c. 35-44 | 629 |
| d. 45-54 | 412 |
| e. 55-64 | 313 |
| f. 65+ | 364 |
| Sum: | 2,976 |
| Gender Assigned at Birth | No. of applications: |
| Female | 1,878 |
| Male | 965 |
| Not Answered | 98 |
| Prefer not to say | 35 |
| Sum: | 2,976 |
No. of applicants in minority/BME groups is 58
4.
| Complaints by Service Area 1st and 2nd Stage Complaints | 1st Stage | 2nd Stage |
| Allocations | 10 | 2 |
| Complaint About Staff | 19 | 2 |
| Homelessness | 3 | 1 |
| Housing Disputes | 7 | 1 |
| Housing Estate Management | 8 | 1 |
| Housing Support | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 1 |
| Process/Procedure | 2 | 0 |
| Repairs/Capital/Planned Maintenance | 125 | 16 |
| Strategy/Development | 2 | 0 |
| Grand Total | 178 | 25 |