APPLICATIONS		2003/04 to end of June 03   (Month 3)		2003/04 to end of July 03   (Month 4)		2003/04 to end of Aug 03 (Month 5)		2003/04 to end of Sept 03 (Month 6)			2002/03 to end of Sept 02 (Month 6)		Total for 2002/03
Priority Needs of Households Accepted as Homeless
Families with children or pregnant		43	53%	70	55%	88	56%	102	55%		99	68%	186	62.0%
Vulnerable -	elderly	13	16%	21	17%	25	16%	26	14%		16	11%	33	11%
	physical disability	7	9%	12	9%	15	10%	19	10%		13	9%	32	11%
	mental disability	10	12.5%	14	11%	17	11%	21	11%		12	8%	29	9.5%
	16/17 year olds	2	2.5%	2	2%	2	1%	4	2%		2	1.5%	8	2.5%
	formerly in care	2	2.5%	2	2%	2	1%	2	1%		0	0%	2	0.5%
	institutional background	2	2.5%	3	2%	3	2%	3	2%		0	0%	0	0%
	fleeing violence/domestic violence	1	1%	1	1%	3	2%	7	4%		2	1.5%	10	3%
Emergencies (fire,flood etc)		1	1%	1	1%	1	1%	1	1%		0	0%	0	0%
Other		0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%		1	1%	2	0.5%
TOTAL		81	100%	126	100%	156	100%	185	100%		145	100%	302	100%
Homeless families rehoused since 1 April:
	Medina Housing Association	30	70%	41	67%	50	63%	57	62%		47	52%	99	48.0%
	South Wight Housing Association	12	28%	17	28%	24	31%	27	30%		25	27%	78	37.5%
	Isle of Wight Housing Association	1	1%	2	3%	4	5%	6	7%		6	7%	13	6%
	Vectis Housing Association	1	1%	1	2%	1	1%	1	1%		13	14%	6	8%
	Other	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%		0	0%	1	0.5%
TOTAL		44	100%	61	100%	79	100%	91	100%		91	100%	207	100%
Average time to make a decision (target = 33 days)		25 days		22 days		26 days		25 days			31 days		33 days
Empty Properties brought back into use since 1 April		14		18		21		26			21		42
WOMEN'S REFUGE											Not Available
Numbers accommodated:	Women	12		16		22		29					26
	Children	16		22		29		35					28
Unmet need:	Women	17		20		24		68					58
	Children	22		28		33		82					61
B&B AND TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION		10		10		11		13			24		7
Households in B&B for more than 6 weeks