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Housing Allocation Flashcards

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1919 Housing and Planning Act

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first comprehensive plan to build social housing

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first comprehensive plan to build social housing Act

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1919 Housing and Planning Act

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In pre allocations what class was the council housing supposed to be for

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working class (but predominantly higher level working classes)

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What was the act that had slum clearance provisions - pre-allocated

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1930 Greenwood Act

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what year was the Greenwood act

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1930

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1930 Greenwood Act did what

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slum clearance

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post war (1945) - expansion of

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local authority housing

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post war (1945) - characteristics of tenants

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mixed

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reasons for an increased in need for all mixtures of life to access social housing post war

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  • soldiers needing housing
  • private rented slums (previously social housing pre-Greenwood Act)
  • previous homes destroyed by war
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post war (1945) Gradual shift to a

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needs based system

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what is this?

1980 - Margret Thatchers government allowed tenants their social homes at a significantly discounted price

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Right to Buy

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what year was right to buy?

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1980

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13
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the first kind of allocation system

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councillors recommendation

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cons of councillors recommendation

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-corruption.
-lack of total knowledge.
-Type of tenant chosen.

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the second kind of allocation system

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Date order

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cons of date order system

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  • emergency housing
  • different queue lengths
17
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the third kind of allocation system

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Points system

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what is a points system

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where the applicants are allocated points according to varieties of need and those at the top of the points list
receive offers of accommodation

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cons of points system

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  • inconsistencies (because local authorities chose their own points criteria meaning that one person might be at the top of one list but the bottom of another authorities)
  • lack of knowledge (you know your points but you don’t know anyone else - you don’t know where you are in a queue)
20
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Can some be on both a local authority and a housing associations waiting list?

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Yes (causing confusion)

21
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allocation mechanisms continue to segregate the….

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most excluded to the worst residential areas

22
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the council is reducing or eliminating tenants……

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choice over their own housing

23
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choice based lettings…

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seen as the way forward (Kullberg, J. (1997), ‘From waiting
lists to adverts; the allocation of social rental dwellings in the
Netherlands’ Housing Studies 12:393-403)

24
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  • home hunting
  • empowerment
  • real housing markets
  • customer focused
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choice based lettings

25
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choice based lettings may be economic as it….

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seeks to balance the proportion
of those households on benefit
with those with a least one
member in employment

26
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choice based lettings may allow for family and friends to…..

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live in the same housing areas (by making a link between them)

27
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trial tenancy granted to a new tenant that allows the local authority landlord or housing action trust to decide if they are a suitable tenant.

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introductory/ probationary tenancy

28
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meaning you can normally live in your property for the rest of your life

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assured tenancy

29
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usually lasting for at least 5 years (your landlord will decide whether it’s renewed), although can be shorter

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fixed term tenancy

30
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who said - “Segregation may prevent individuals from accessing better employment, housing or other social opportunities, hindering the improvement of personal circumstances”

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Dekker and Rowlands (2005)

31
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Full reference for Dekker and Rowlands

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Dekker, K., & Rowlands, R. (2005). Tackling social cohesion in ethnically diverse estates p.g. 111

32
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“Choice-based letting allows applicants to bid on properties of their ‘choice’ instead of being allocated to a dwelling by a housing officer”

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Kullberg (2002)

33
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Full reference for Kullberg

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Kullberg, J. (2002). Consumer’s responses to choice based letting mechanisms. Housing Studies, 17, 549–579.

34
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” Social housing is rented housing provided at rents below market levels, by local authorities or housing associations, to people who can demonstrate that they are in housing need. and is controlled by government and are usually 50- 60% of private sector rents in the same area”

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Pleace, Teller and Quilters (2011)

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full reference for pleace, teller and Quilters

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Pleace, N., Teller, N., & Quilgars, D. J. (2011). Social housing allocation and homelessness

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