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MR. CONNOLLY - The answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) Applications for emergency or priority housing are made to the Housing Trusts District Offices. An in-depth interview is conducted with all applicants and a written report prepared recommending a course of action. This report is considered by the Priority Housing Committee (PHC) along with any supporting documentation supplied by the applicant. A decision is then made by this Committee.
Under the Public Rental Housing Assistance Program the Commissioner for Housing is authorised to allocate housing. The Commissioner has delegated this authority to a number of senior officers, namely the Manager and Assistant Manager, Rental Housing Services, and the Assistant Manager, Community Housing. In cases of extreme housing need these officers have the delegation to expedite the allocation of housing and approve immediate accommodation.
(2) There are guidelines governing the consideration of applications for priority and emergency housing. The applicants circumstances in several areas are considered, namely: family, financial, medical, social and current housing situation. A major consideration is whether applicants needs are greater than those of others on the housing waiting list.
(3) See (2) above.
(4) 181.
(S) 71.
(6) The waiting time for the allocation of priority housing varies depending on the type of accommodation and the location requested as well as the availability of housing stock to meet the requirement. The concept of an average waiting time therefore has no meaning in this context.
(7) This information is not recorded.
( 8 ) The size of accommodation allocated is based on the actual number of people in the applicants household and any special needs the household might have. Applicants who are allocated priority housing which is less than their entitlement or not of their preferred style or in their preferred location remain on the normal waiting list until they are allocated the accommodation to which they are entitled and have requested.
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