FOI-5 | RSL Housing waitinging lists and waiting times
Specifically, I would like the following information:
1. The total number of people currently on the waiting list for housing properties, broken down by bedroom number?
2. The number of people currently on the waiting list for housing in each geographical area, broken down by property bedroom number?
3. The anticipated waiting time for housing accommodation, broken down by bedroom number.
4. The anticipated waiting time for housing accommodation in each geographical area, broken down by bedroom property number.
5. The average waiting time for housing accommodation, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.
6. The average waiting time for housing accommodation in each geographical area, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.
| 6 Jul 2020 | 30 Jul 2020 | ![PDF](/img/icon/pdf.png) |
FOI-4 | Housing waiting times
Specifically, I would like the following information:
1. The average waiting time for housing accommodation, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.
2. The average waiting time for housing accommodation in each geographical area, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.
3. The longest waiting time for housing accommodation, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.
4. The longest waiting time for housing accommodation in each geographical area, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.
| 6 Jul 2020 | 30 Jul 2020 | ![PDF](/img/icon/pdf.png) |
FOI-3 | RSL Housing Complaints
Specifically, I would like the following information:
1. Details of all complaints made by tenants about the organisation’s housing service in the past five years, including the date of the complaint, reason given for complaint, whether the complaint was investigated and upheld, and what the outcome of the complaint was.
2. Details of all complaints made by prospective tenants and applicants about the organisation’s housing service in the past five years, including the date of the complaint, reason given for complaint, whether the complaint was investigated and upheld, and what the outcome of the complaint was.
| 6 Jul 2020 | 30 Jul 2020 | ![PDF](/img/icon/pdf.png) |
FOI-2 | RSLs House building projects
Specifically, I would like the following information:
1. Details of all of the housing association’s housebuilding projects approved in the last ten years, including the address of the project, the affected geographical area, the total number of units built, the number of units built for social housing, the number of affordable houses built, and the date the project was approved.
| 6 Jul 2020 | 30 Jul 2020 | ![PDF](/img/icon/pdf.png) |
FOI-1 | Electrical safety queries
1. Do you currently carry out electrical safety inspections across your social housing stock?
a. Yes, across all our housing stock (go to question 3)
b. Yes, but only across part of our housing stock (go to question 3)
c. No (go to question 2)
2. Why don’t you carry out regular electrical safety inspections?
a. Not a legal requirement
b. Cost prohibitive
c. Too disruptive to tenants
d. Don’t have the time
e. Don’t know how to go about it
f. Other (specify)
Go to question 7
3. How often do you carry out these inspections?
a. Every 5 years
b. Every 10 years
c. On change of tenancy
d. During home improvements (e.g. fitting of new kitchens)
e. Other, please specify
4. How do you find the electrician that carries out these inspections for you?
a. Through a trade or certification body (SELECT, SJIB, NICEIC, NAPIT)
b. Online web search
c. Local advertising media
d. Recommended by someone/organisation
e. Social media
f. Don’t know/Don’t remember
g. Other – please specify
5. Do you carry out any form of interim visual inspection for electrical defects on your properties?
a. Yes, across all our housing stock (go to question 6)
b. Yes, but only across part of our housing stock (go to question 6)
c. No (go to question 7)
6. How often do you carry out these interim visual inspections?
a. Every year
b. On change of tenancy
c. During home improvements (e.g. fitting of new kitchens)
d. Other, please specify
7. Do you provide any White Goods (e.g. fridge freezers, washing machines etc) as part of your tenancy agreements?
a. Yes (go to question 8)
b. No (go to question 9)
8. Do you have any systems in place for checking whether the White Goods you supply may become subject to a product recall?
a. Yes
b. No
9. Are Residual Current Devices (RCDs) fitted in your properties?
a. Yes, across all our housing stock
b. Yes, but only across part of our housing stock
c. Unsure
d. No
10. Do you provide advice to tenants regarding electrical safety and how to manage electrical risk in their homes?
a. Yes (go to question 11)
b. No (go to question 12)
11. Please specify which advice you provide.
a. Information provided at start of the tenancy
b. Leaflets provided or made available
c. User manuals provided for all appliances included as part of the tenancy
d. Promote details on social media and online channels
e. Other, please specify
12. What, if anything, would you like to see happen with electrical safety regulation in the social housing sector?
a. Stay the same
b. Change to a mandatory regime, similar to requirements in the private rented sector (i.e. mandatory 5 yearly inspections of installations and any appliances provided as part of a let and RCDs fitted in consumer units)
c. Undecided
| 16 Dec 2019 | 23 Dec 2019 | ![PDF](/img/icon/pdf.png) |