Latest News from Positive Action in Housing

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Region: Scotland
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 14.8%
List of TC providers:
Angel – 53%
Glasgow City Council – 0%
Glasgow YMCA – 47%
Dispersal restrictions:
Glasgow City Council will NOT take new S4 cases.
Glasgow YMCA has very little capacity to take S4 SUs. Please check before dispersal request.
No other restrictions advised.
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Region: East Midlands
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 6%
List of TC providers:
Nottingham City Council - 50%
Priority Properties - 20%
Refugee Housing Association (RHA) – 30%
Dispersal restrictions:
NO dispersal of single males to Derby postcodes – DE1, DE23 & DE24
No other restrictions known.
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Region: East of England
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 1.4%
List of TC providers: Clearsprings – 100%
Dispersal restrictions:
Ipswich have only “family” accommodation.
No other restrictions known.
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Region: London
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : N/a
List of TC providers:
Clearsprings – N/A
United Property Management (UPM) – N/A
Dispersal restrictions:
NO dispersal to this region unless there are special reasons agreed as part of casework.
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Region: North East
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 9.6%
List of TC providers:
Angel – 20%
Kimberley – 30%
North East Consortium (NECARS) – 50%
Dispersal restrictions: No restrictions known.
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Region: North West
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 17.8%
List of TC providers:
Happy Homes – 20%
Liverpool County Council – 0%
North West Consortium – 0%
Priority Properties – 18%
United Property Management – 62%
Dispersal restrictions:
Liverpool CC have very limited capacity to take S4 SUs. Therefore, do not disperse new cases but they may be able to take cases that were previously with them as S95 SUs.
North West Consortium cannot take any S4 SUs.
No dispersal to postcodes M8, M9 & M40 in Manchester.
No other restrictions known.
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Region: South East & Central
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 1.6%
List of TC providers: Clearsprings – 100%
Dispersal restrictions:
No dispersal to Portsmouth, Southsea, Brighton & Hove.
Moratorium of any dispersals to Portsmouth and Brighton
For time being, no dispersals to Southampton.
No other restrictions advised except that 1:200 ratio not to be breeched.
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Region: South West
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 2.8%
List of TC providers:
Astonbrook – 50%
Clearsprings – 50%
Dispersal restrictions:
No restrictions advised
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Region: Wales
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 6.9%
List of TC providers:
Astonbrook – 20%
Cardiff City Council – 38%
Clearsprings – 20%
Swansea City council – 22%
Dispersal restrictions:
Swansea CC contract is for families only.
No other restrictions advised.
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Region: West Midlands
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 14.6%
List of TC providers:
Astonbrook – 18%
Priority Properties – 9%
United Property Management – 28%
West Midlands Consortium – 45%
Dispersal restrictions:
Coventry LA (part of West Midlands Consortium) have in their contract that they only take families. This is a contractual restriction, not a “city” restriction.
No other restrictions advised.
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Region: Yorkshire & Humberside
Inter regional percentage Dispersal : 21.9%
List of TC providers:
Angel – 20%
Priority Properties – 10%
United Property Management – 20%
Y&H Public Sector Group – 50%
Dispersal restrictions:
No dispersal to post codes LS7, LS8 and LS9 in LEEDS.
Only disperse new S4 cases where the applicant had previous S95 support in Yorkshire and Humberside (to be re-visited in February 2007).
No other restrictions advised.
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NB: the regional percentages in column 2 are for S95 dispersal. The numbers do not add up to 100% as London is zero for S4 dispersal, whereas for S95 dispersal it is 2.6%