Council House Transfers

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 23 July 2019.

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Photo of Chuka Umunna Chuka Umunna Liberal Democrat, Streatham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department’s most recent estimate is for the proportion of housing transfer requests that are motivated out of (a) crime and (b) fear of violence in (i) the UK, (ii) Greater London and (iii) the London Borough of Lambeth.

Photo of Kit Malthouse Kit Malthouse Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Department publishes national statistics on new social housing lettings in England.

Of the new social housing lettings that were provided to tenants whose previous tenancy was also in the social sector, 4.6 per cent gave b) fear of violence (including domestic abuse, hate crime and racial harassment) as the reason for moving in England in 2017/18. Separate figures for crime are not available. Figures for Greater London and Lambeth are given below.

These statistics are taken from the Continuous Recording of Social Lettings system available here

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rents-lettings-and-tenancies

Moving due to fear of violence(1)

Moving from social housing tenancy

England

4.6%

London

4.2%

Lambeth

4.7%

(1) Includes Domestic Abuse, Hate Crime and Racial Harassment Source: CORE Social Housing Lettings 2017/18

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