FOI Request - Disability Equality Scotland Housing Data

Request 101004036386

We request the following information from your local authority housing service. The subject of our request relates to housing stock and the adaptations disabled people have made to their homes.

1. Wheelchair Accessible Housing Stock?

a) How many wheelchair accessible homes are within current social housing stock?
b) How many wheelchair accessible homes in current social housing stock are voids? We define a void as a home which currently does not have a tenant or a vacant wheelchair accessible property which does not have a current tenant due to requiring repairs?
c) In the current Strategic Housing Investment Plan for the next 5 years how many?
d) Social housing units are planned?
e) Wheelchair Accessible units are planned?

2. Adaptations?

a) What are the 5 most common adaptations that the housing service have installed in disabled people's homes in the last 12 months?
b) What is the lifecycle backlog of outstanding adaptations from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026 in terms of the number of each type of adaptation requested by disabled residents?