See answers to previous information requests

1. Do you operate an earnings/income threshold for your housing waiting list? If so, how many people were refused to be placed on it in 2024/25 because their income was above the threshold?
Yes, Income of £40,000 per annum or more, capital of £16,000 or more for those with a Studio / one bedroom need. Income of £60,000 per annum, or more, capital of £16,000 or more for Two Bedroom need and above.
Applicants are not refused to be placed on the housing register if they are over the threshold but are placed into Band 5 (deprioritised group). x20 applicants from Jan 2024- Dec 2025 have been placed in Band 5 as they were over the income threshold

2. Are applications to join the waiting list refused when applicants are deemed unable to afford the rent? No
a) If so, how many households were refused on that basis in 2024/25? N/A

3. Do you make a financial assessment of households pre-tenancy to assess if the applicant can afford the rent? If so, how many households were refused a tenancy in 2024/25 on the grounds that they were deemed unable to afford the rent?
At the point of nomination, the landlord (WBC or a HA) will complete an affordability assessment to ensure the applicant can afford the rent. From Jan 2024 – Dec 2025, x8 applicants were refused a tenancy as they failed the affordability assessment completed by the prospective landlord.

4. Do you have a 'Greenlight for Housing' process for applicants who are refused a tenancy on the grounds of insufficient income, whereby you assist them to improve their finances to be able to qualify for a tenancy in a later bid?
No

5. If you have such a process do people who refuse to participate in it have their application for a tenancy voided?
N/A