Freedom of information response

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The main purpose of this request is to gather data on vacant council properties in the United Kingdom.

For clarification, this includes all forms of social housing in the ward of the council, including Housing Association. Specifically, I am seeking information on the following:

Number of vacant homes:

•         The number of vacant council properties

88

•         The number of vacant Housing Association properties

Reasons for vacancy:

•         Breakdown of reasons why said social housing properties are vacant

•         [E.g. awaiting repairs, legal issues, not meeting the Decent Homes Standard, etc.]

These are void due to the following reasons, decommissioning for demolition, structural, & works in progress

Waiting list size:

•         How many residents are currently on the waiting list for social housing - 4919

Waiting list length:

•         The average length of the waiting list for a council property

•         The average length of the waiting list for a Housing Association property

This is a unified list so the figures won’t differ between the two.

We can only provide the figures for empty council properties, not housing association properties