Social housing stock
Newport City Council no longer owns any properties and social rented accommodation in the Newport area is owned by a number of housing associations.
Find details of Newport housing associations - for contact details of landlords who own social housing within the Newport area who will be able to provide information in relation to the housing stock that they each own.
For details of existing social housing stock - https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Social-Housing-Stock-and-Rents
New units developed - https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Affordable-Housing/Provision/additionalaffordablehousingprovision-by-provider-housingtype
Properties advertised on Home Options
The information within the below spreadsheet aims to provide you with greater understanding of the empty properties advertised through Home Options. Properties that are available for rent or part purchase are advertised each week on the Home Options Website: Home - Home Options Newport
This list includes all advertised properties between 1st April 2021 – 31st March 2022. It is to be used as a guide only and cannot guarantee that a property that was let to a household on a particular band last year will be the same this year. If there were no listed properties in a given area, this means that they were not advertised or available.
Your chances of bring rehoused, you should apply for properties in a range of areas.
To find specific locations, property types, bedroom sizes, successful bands, and points, you can click on the arrow on the right side of each column. A list will appear. You can select one, or more options from the list across each of the columns at once. Then, you will have created your own individualised search. You can clear the applied filter(s) at any time by clicking on the arrow and selecting ‘(Select All)’. This will return the spreadsheet to its original settings.
Home Options (Excel spreadsheet)
Annual summary of the amount of Social Housing Grant received to distribute to Registered Social Landlords, the number of schemes we are supporting and the number of units they will provide
Annual Summary
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2019/20
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2020/21
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2021/22 (anticipated)
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Total SHG
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£8,844,070
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£7,225,751
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£12,497,052
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Schemes Supported
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13
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12
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17
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No. of Units Supported
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318
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305
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368
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Housing waiting list
The council operates a common housing register in partnership with the housing associations within the area.
The following data provides the number of households registered for housing as at the 31 March of each year since the housing register has been in operation:
- 2012 - 2013 = 4655
- 2013 - 2014 = 6755
- 2014 - 2015 = 6000
- 2015 - 2016 = 5494
- 2016 - 2017 = 6421
- 2017- 2018 = 8059
- 2018 – 2019 = 8400
- 2019 – 2020 = 7647
- 2020 – 2021 = 8219
- 2021 – 2022 = 9370
Allocation of housing
The properties advertised through the common housing register, Home Options Newport, are allocated by each partner housing association.
The number of allocations made in each financial year ending 31 March:
- 2012 - 2013 = 886
- 2013 - 2014 = 1050
- 2014 - 2015 = 1017
- 2015 - 2016 = 1144
- 2016 - 2017 = 984
- 2017 - 2018 = 881
- 2018 - 2019 = 977
- 2019 - 2020 = 854
- 2020 - 2021 = 751
- 2021 - 2022 = 679