Social Housing, Cats

Question

Section One: Local Authority-provided social housing

Question one

Are the social homes your Local Authority provides (excluding sheltered accommodation or homes provided through Housing Associations)…
Managed by one or more Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMOs)? 

In your ALMO-managed social homes, is the ALMO responsible for pet policy? 

Managed by one or more Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs)? 

In your TMO-managed social homes, is the TMO responsible for pet policy? 

Question Two
Does your Local Authority have a pet clause in standard tenancy agreements that apply to social homes?
If yes, please return a copy or link of that agreement and pet clause with your completed FoI form.
If no, please include any guidelines or internal procedures on pet ownership you do give social tenants around owning and keepings pets. 
Does this pet clause…
Allow cats to be kept as pets under certain conditions? 

Require specific written permission for pet cats? 

Require cats to have access to a garden or private entrance to the property? 
Specify a maximum number of cats allowed per property? (If yes, how many?) 

Require pet cats to be neutered? 

Require pet cats to be microchipped? 

Require pet cats to have up-to-date vaccinations? 

Some Local Authorities keep registers of all pets living in their social homes.
Does your Local Authority keep a pet register? 

Question Three
Does your Local Authority have a policy / procedure for dealing with cats that have been abandoned or left behind in one of your properties? 

Does your Local Authority offer or promote any kind of low-cost neutering scheme for cat owners, either yourselves or through an animal welfare charity? ☐  Yes, we offer a scheme

Multi-Cat households are households where multiple pet cats are causing problems such as noise and unsanitary conditions (e.g. cat hoarders).
In the calendar year 2016, did your Local Authority intervene to provide help with any multi-cat households? (Specifically in directly-provided social homes) 

If yes, how many multi-cat households did you intervene in? (Specifically in directly-provided social homes) 

Question Four
How many social homes does your Local Authority provide? (not including sheltered accommodation or homes provided through Housing Associations)

If you don’t know, please provide an estimated or most-recent figure.

Section three: Local Authority-provided sheltered accommodation
Including sheltered accommodation managed by ‘Arms Length Management Organisations’ or ‘Tenant Management Organisations’ but not including housing provided through Housing Associations

Question One
Is the sheltered accommodation your Local Authority provides (excluding sheltered accommodation provided through Housing Associations)…
Managed by one or more Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMOs)? 

In your ALMO-managed sheltered homes, is the ALMO responsible for pet policy? 

Managed by one or more Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs)? 

In your TMO-managed sheltered homes, is the TMO responsible for pet policy? 

Question Two
Does your Local Authority have a pet clause in standard tenancy agreements that apply to sheltered accommodation?
If yes, please return a copy or link of that agreement and pet clause with your completed FoI form.
If no, please include any guidelines or internal procedures on pet ownership you do give social tenants around owning and keepings pets. 

Does this pet clause… (tick N/A below if your council does not have one)
Allow cats to be kept as pets under certain conditions? 

Require specific written permission for pet cats? 

Require cats to have access to a garden or private entrance to the property? 

Specify a maximum number of cats allowed per property? (If yes, how many?) 
Number:     

Require pet cats to be neutered? 

Require pet cats to be microchipped? 

Require pet cats to have up-to-date vaccinations? 

Some Local Authorities keep registers of all pets living in their sheltered homes.
Does your Local Authority keep a pet register? 

Question Three
Multi-Cat households are households where multiple pet cats are causing problems such as noise and unsanitary conditions (e.g. cat hoarders).
In the calendar year 2016, did your Local Authority intervene to provide help with any multi-cat households? (Specifically in directly-provided sheltered accommodation) 

If yes, how many multi-cat households did you intervene in? (Specifically in directly-provided sheltered accommodation) 

Question Four
How much sheltered accommodation does your Local Authority provide? (not including sheltered accommodation provided through Housing Associations)

If you don’t know, please provide an estimated or most-recent figure.

Answer

 Nil return from Comhairle nan EIlean Siar as it refers to Social Housing.