AQW 26989/17-22

Mr Andy Allen MBE
Ulster Unionist Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 07/12/2021
Answered On Date: 17/01/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applicants taken off the housing waiting list in the last 12 months, broken down by reason for removal.

Answer:

The Housing Executive has provided the table below detailing the number of Applicants that have been removed from the common waiting list in the past 12 calendar months and the reason for their removal.

Removal Reason	Sub Category	Total
Cancelled		8504
	Application Withdrawn	754
	Applicant appear on more than one application	35
	Applicants request	1320
	Bought House	36
	Deceased	217
	Left address known	43
	Left address unknown	166
	No access	807
	No connection to eligibility	40
	No reply to renewal reminder	4608
	PFA eligibility	174
	Private Rented Access Scheme Tenancy	>10
	Rehoused other	46
	Rehoused private sector	143
	Under 18 eligibility	52
	Incompatible code	58

Rehoused	Rehoused	6224

Total		14728

The Housing Executive has advised that following notes are applicable to the above dataset:

A number of applicants are ‘temporarily’ removed from the waiting list for a period of a time following a ‘Deferral’ in line with policies and procedures and the statutory rules of the Housing Selection Scheme. Once the deferral period has expired these cases are automatically added back on to the Waiting List. Those cases are not included in this table.

A number of cases have been identified as having an incorrect cancellation reasons and are included in the final row of the table under ‘Incompatible Code’. These cases are currently being investigated.

Some applicants who are removed from the Waiting List may subsequently re-apply for social housing at a later date and are therefore re-included on the Waiting List.