Draft Temporary Accommodation Strategy 2025-2030 Survey
About the survey
The purpose of this survey is to gather feedback from people who have lived in Temporary Accommodation (TA) in Sheffield, Sheffield residents, and partner organisations. Your input will help shape the Council’s Temporary Accommodation Strategy.
Because we want to make sure we improve the service that is provided we especially want to hear from people who have stayed in Temporary Accommodation. Their views will be given additional weight in our decision-making on the final Strategy.
The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Please answer as many questions as possible or leave them blank if they are not relevant to you.
Why Are We Asking These Questions?
Sheffield faces significant challenges in providing suitable Temporary Accommodation:
- There are currently around 700 households in Temporary Accommodation at any time and this includes 300 in B&Bs.
- The demand for Temporary Accommodation is rising, but there is a shortage of suitable and affordable options.
- Using more Council homes for Temporary Accommodation would help in the short term but could reduce the number of permanent homes available for rehousing.
Our strategy aims to improve the quality, availability, and management of Temporary Accommodation. This means making difficult decisions, balancing competing priorities, and ensuring we meet legal requirements. We want to hear your views to help us make the best choices for Sheffield.
The consultation will run from 24/03/2025- 14/04/2025
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 different views and experiences from different groups of people.
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.