Entitled status on grounds of hardship Entitled status on grounds of hardship
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Request 785480531
Could you please provide me with the number of applications that have been made for Entitled status on grounds of hardship over the last five years, as well as the number of those that have been granted?
Can you please provide a breakdown of categories for the applications made and granted and how many were made and granted under the category of a relationship breakdown.
Response
The table below shows the number of applications that have been made for Entitled status on grounds of hardship as well as those that have been granted under the Control of Housing and Work (Residential and Employment Status) (Jersey) Regulations 2013 for the 5-year period from January 2021:
Year | No. of applications made | No. of applications granted |
2021 | 66 | 17 |
2022 | 56 | 18 |
2023 | 43 | 18 |
2024 | 52 | 23 |
2025 | 65 | 34 |
Applications for Entitled status submitted on grounds of hardship typically fall into the categories, as listed below. However, most applications reference more than one of these factors.
Hardship categories considered include:
Medical Reasons
| Significant period of continuous residence in the Island together with strong medical hardship directly impacted by current housing situation |
Relationship Breakdown
| Relationship breakdown in a long-term relationship, where there are minor children from the relationship and the person has been living in Qualified property with their partner |
Extended Absence/ Broken Residence
| Exceeded permitted five-year break and lost `Entitled' status, but given length of break in comparison to period of continuous residence completed prior to the break, `Entitled' status may be reinstated
|
Accommodation Related
| Significant period of continuous residence in the Island and existing Registered accommodation is being lost
|
Because hardship applications often give multiple reasons, the department does not hold information that would allow for an accurate breakdown of applications submitted or approved by an individual hardship category.
For the same reason, it is not possible to identify how many applications were granted
specifically on the grounds of “relationship breakdown".
Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies – information not held.
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