Draft Temporary Accommodation Policy Survey
About the Survey
The purpose of the survey is to gather views and comments from households and partners on the Temporary Accommodation Policy before it is finalised.
We are only consulting on specific aspects of the Policy, as many elements are determined by legal and regulatory requirements that cannot be changed. We are not seeking feedback on areas where the Council has made decisions based on resource availability or where there is no scope for influence due to statutory obligations. Additionally, we are not consulting on provisions that are already in place and are simply being incorporated into the Policy for clarity and consistency.
We will be asking questions about the following areas of the Policy. These are the parts of the service that the Council has control over and can make decisions on and they are not legal requirements that we must follow by law, but areas where we have some flexibility and can shape how we deliver temporary accommodation in Sheffield.
Types of Temporary Accommodation
- Assessing Suitability of Accommodation
- Accommodation Offers and Allocation
- Temporary Accommodation Terms of Stay
- Ending of Temporary Accommodation
- Out of Area Placements
Alongside the views provided to us as part of this consultation we will be considering the results of our recent soft market testing on the availability of different types of accommodation.
The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Answer as many questions as possible or leave them blank if they are not applicable to you.
The Consultation will run from 24th March – 14 April
What happens to my feedback?
We do not ask for any personally identifiable information such as your name or contact details, so your feedback will be anonymous. However, we do ask for information about specific characteristics that people may have such as ethnicity or disability. This helps us compare what different groups of people, with different views and experiences, might think.
We will analyse all the feedback carefully, in line with the 2018 Data Protection Act and GDPR legislation 2018 that sets out how information can be used and is kept safe.
Once the consultation is completed and the feedback has been analysed, all personal data collected will be deleted.
More information about how we collect personal data and store it can be found here: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/utilities/footer-links/privacy-notice
Want to know more?
For more information about the survey please contact the Strategic Housing Team via email at housingstrategy@sheffield.gov.uk
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.