East London Housing Partnership

Margaret Williams

ELHP Collaboration

- Barking and Dagenham, City of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest

- Registered providers- Non statutory partners

ELHP Reciprocal Agreement

• To assist social housing tenants who need to move home, through collaboration between local authorities and registered providers in the East sub region

• Reduce and prevent homelessness• Make best use of stock • Reduce use of TA and B&B

Reciprocal Process

• Client identified by RP or LA• First attempt to meet needs from own stock• Urgent Property Request Form (UPR)• Contact list – named contacts• Offer of accommodation• Information to the client• Supporting agencies• Tenant moves• Property is reciprocated

Reciprocal Requests

154 requests since 2009

47%

3%

24%

1%

8%

12%

3%

1% 1%

Domestic or Sexual Violence

Hate Crime

Exiting Gang/Escaping from Gang Violence

Under occupation

Safe & Secure

Harrassment

Homphobia

Witness Protection

Family Link

Reciprocal Requests

Household make up -• Single Woman 15 • Single Man 14 • Couple with children 18 • Couple without children 3• Woman and children 95 • Man and children 4 • Others 5 (for example 3 adults sharing)

Total children of households 251

• 41% of requests were made by local authorities

• 59% by registered providers

Of which• 8% from outside of

the sub region

Outcomes

Of those known 60% had successful move

Poor return rate of outcomes monitoring form

Requests are increasing

Where a move is not achieved

• No suitable property in area requested

• Refused offer/s• Mobility issues, no

suitable properties• Pets• Unrealistic

expectations

Once the move has taken place -

• Nominating partner owes the receiving partner a property

• Take up the vacated property or bank for later• Complete the Outcomes section and return to

ELHP for monitoring

Pan London Reciprocal for DSV

• Operates through a named lead in each local authority in London

• Registered Providers can ask a named lead to make a request for a registered provider tenant

• Negotiations between the named leads• Information on sub regional web sites• Safer London Foundation coordinating and

revising

ELHP Partnership Workingand Joint Commissioning

• East London Single Homelessness Project• East London Staging Post• Reciprocal Agreement• East London Womens Project• FERSP• Fundraising• Training• ELHP Team

Margaret.Williams@elhp.org.uk

020 8227 5031

07875993659

www.elhp.org.uk