Armed Forces: Private Rented Housing
(asked on 26th March 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) units have been rented privately in each year since 2019; what the (a) average, (b) longest and (c) shortest timeframe for renters having been given notice to quit has been since 2019; and how many of his Department's sites on which SFA is located have had 10 or more notices to quit served in the same calendar month since 2019.
The number and percentage of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties that have been rented privately in each year since 2019 is shown in the table below:
Dates | Total Stock | Privately LET | Percentage Privately LET |
Apr-2019 | 49,437 | 941 | 1.90% |
Apr-2020 | 49,143 | 1,313 | 2.67% |
Apr-2021 | 48,518 | 1,514 | 3.12% |
Apr-2022 | 47,391 | 1,405 | 2.96% |
Apr-2023 | 47,286 | 1,401 | 2.96% |
Apr-2024 | 47,094 | 1,296 | 2.75% |
Sites where ten or more Notices to Quit (NTQ) have been served at the same time are:
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In line with standard procedure, occupants who have been served a NTQ are provided with 65 days’ notice as specified within the tenancy agreement. However, individual specific circumstances will be taken into account where there are extenuating circumstances, as is the case at RAF Henlow, where one year’s notice has been given.
The average timeframe for a NTQ could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.