Affordable Gateway Housing Unit (FOI)

​Request

Request to the Strategic Housing Unit (Chief Minister’s Department)
In respect of applications to join the Affordable Housing Gateway list, please supply the following:

1) The total number of applications to join the list that were not accepted (i.e. rejected) for each of the years 2013 (starting on 1st September 2013 when the Gateway was created), 2014 and 2015;

2) A breakdown of the general reasons, in categories, to explain why these applications were not accepted;

3) A breakdown of the applications that were not accepted, in categories, according to the status of the applicant at the time when the original application was made (i.e. single person, single parent, couple with children, couple without children);

4) The number of rejected applications that were ultimately the subject of an appeal for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 and whether any such appeals upheld or overturned the original decision or  were refused on any other grounds (e.g. failure to make the appeal within a specified time limit or some other procedural deficiency on the part of the appellant).

Response

1) The total number of applications to join the list that were not accepted (rejected) for each of the years 2013 (starting on 1 September 2013 when the Gateway was created), 2014 and 2015;

(until modifications to the Gateway system were made during the last quarter of 2015; the history of an application was not captured. Therefore, refusal figures are based on the last status of the application.)

Refused or cancelled by year of application:

2) A breakdown of the general reasons, in categories, to explain why these applications were not accepted;

The list below displays the reasons why an application may be cancelled, or not be accepted onto the Gateway.

• applicant has arrears
  
• below retirement age
  
• death of applicant
  
• income too high
  
• more than two offers given, now cancelled
  
• no dependent children
  
• no reply to update form
  
• not ready for independent living
  
• not resident in Jersey
  
• now moved and adequately housed
  
• now moved and have contact address
  
• now moved and no contact address
  
• property owner
  
• savings too high
  

3) A breakdown of the applications that were not accepted, in categories, according to the status of the applicant at the time when the original application was made (single person, single parent, couple with children, couple without children);

Refused or cancelled by applicant category:

4) The number of rejected applications that were ultimately the subject of an appeal for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 and whether any such appeals upheld or overturned the original decision or were refused on any other grounds (failure to make the appeal within a specified time limit or some other procedural deficiency on the part of the appellant).

The Affordable Housing Gateway can only provide appeals from 2014 onwards which are detailed below: