East London Housing Partnership
Margaret Williams
ELHP Collaboration
- Barking and Dagenham, City of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest
- Registered providers- Non statutory partners
ELHP Reciprocal Agreement
• To assist social housing tenants who need to move home, through collaboration between local authorities and registered providers in the East sub region
• Reduce and prevent homelessness• Make best use of stock • Reduce use of TA and B&B
Reciprocal Process
• Client identified by RP or LA• First attempt to meet needs from own stock• Urgent Property Request Form (UPR)• Contact list – named contacts• Offer of accommodation• Information to the client• Supporting agencies• Tenant moves• Property is reciprocated
Reciprocal Requests
154 requests since 2009
47%
3%
24%
1%
8%
12%
3%
1% 1%
Domestic or Sexual Violence
Hate Crime
Exiting Gang/Escaping from Gang Violence
Under occupation
Safe & Secure
Harrassment
Homphobia
Witness Protection
Family Link
Reciprocal Requests
Household make up -• Single Woman 15 • Single Man 14 • Couple with children 18 • Couple without children 3• Woman and children 95 • Man and children 4 • Others 5 (for example 3 adults sharing)
Total children of households 251
• 41% of requests were made by local authorities
• 59% by registered providers
Of which• 8% from outside of
the sub region
Outcomes
Of those known 60% had successful move
Poor return rate of outcomes monitoring form
Requests are increasing
Where a move is not achieved
• No suitable property in area requested
• Refused offer/s• Mobility issues, no
suitable properties• Pets• Unrealistic
expectations
Once the move has taken place -
• Nominating partner owes the receiving partner a property
• Take up the vacated property or bank for later• Complete the Outcomes section and return to
ELHP for monitoring
Pan London Reciprocal for DSV
• Operates through a named lead in each local authority in London
• Registered Providers can ask a named lead to make a request for a registered provider tenant
• Negotiations between the named leads• Information on sub regional web sites• Safer London Foundation coordinating and
revising
ELHP Partnership Workingand Joint Commissioning
• East London Single Homelessness Project• East London Staging Post• Reciprocal Agreement• East London Womens Project• FERSP• Fundraising• Training• ELHP Team
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