Bolton JSNA Indicator Sheet: Social Housing

This is the Social Housing JSNA Indicator Sheet from the People and Places section. JSNA Indicator Sheets summarise the current position and recent trends for Bolton, comparators to Bolton, and inequalities across population groups and geographical areas of Bolton.

Headlines

• At present, there are approximately 25,000 recipients of housing benefit in Bolton;
• The number of households claiming housing benefit has increased in Bolton, coinciding with the recession and following the same trend as the North West;
• Halliwell Ward has the most households receiving housing benefit;
• The number of households receiving housing benefit tends to be higher in the more deprived Wards;
• In Bolton, the number of local authority tenants in rent arrears has steadily decreased over the past five years.