| BREDEM |
BRE Domestic Energy Model |
| Category 1 hazard |
Hazards with a HHSRS score of more than (>) 1,000. A dwelling with a category 1 hazard is considered to fail the minimum statutory standard for housing |
| CLG |
Department for Communities and Local Government |
| COA |
Census Output Area - Designed for statistical purposes, built from postcode units, approximately 125 households |
| Disrepair |
Based on former Decent Homes Standard criteria which states that a dwelling fails this if it is not in a reasonable state of repair – this is based on the dwelling age and condition of a range of building components including walls, roofs, windows, doors, electrics, and heating systems |
| DLUHC |
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (previously MHCLG) |
| ECO |
Energy Companies Obligation - Places legal obligations on the larger energy suppliers to deliver energy efficiency measures to domestic energy users |
| EHS |
English Housing Survey - A continuous national survey commissioned by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). It collects information about people’s housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England |
| EPC |
Energy Performance Certificate - Present the energy efficiency of domestic properties on a scale of A (most efficient) to G (least efficient) |
| Fuel poverty |
The original definition of fuel poverty states that a household is in fuel poverty if it needs to spend more than 10% of their income on fuel to maintain an adequate level of warmth (10% definition). The new definition now adopted by government is that a household is said to be in fuel poverty if they have fuel costs that are above average and were they to spend that amount they would be left with a residual income below the official poverty line (Low Income High Costs definition) |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System - A system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage, and present spatial or geographical data |
| HHSRS |
Housing Health and Safety Rating System - A risk assessment tool to help local authorities identify and protect against potential risks and hazards to health and safety related deficiencies in dwellings, covering 29 categories of hazards |
| HIA |
Health Impact Assessment - A formal method of assessing the impact of a project, procedure, or strategy on the health of a population |
| HMO |
Houses in Multiple Occupation - An entire house or flat which is let to 3 or more tenants who form 2 or more households and who share a kitchen, bathroom, or toilet A house which has been converted entirely into bedsits or other non-self- contained accommodation and which is let to 3 or more tenants who form two or more households and who share kitchen, bathroom, or toilet facilities A converted house which contains one or more flats which are not wholly self-contained (i.e. the flat does not contain within it a kitchen, bathroom, and toilet) and which is occupied by 3 or more tenants who form two or more households A building which is converted entirely into self-contained flats if the conversion did not meet the standards of the 1991 Building Regulations and more than one-third of the flats are let on short-term tenancies In order to be an HMO the property must be used as the tenants’ only or main residence and it should be used solely or mainly to house tenants. Properties let to students and migrant workers will be treated as their only or main residence and the same will apply to properties which are used as domestic refuges |
| HSM |
Housing Stock Model |
| Jenks’ Natural Breaks |
The natural breaks classification method is a data clustering method determining the best arrangement of values into different classes. It is achieved through minimising each class’s average deviation from the class mean while maximising each class’s deviation from the means of the other groups. The method seeks to reduce the variance within classes and maximise variance between classes thus ensuring groups are distinctive |
| JSNA |
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment - An assessment of the current and future health and social care needs of the local community |
| LACORs |
Local Authority Coordinators of Regulatory Services - now renamed Local Government Regulation |
| LAHS |
Local Authority Housing Statistics - National statistics on housing owned and managed by local authorities |
| LIHC |
Low Income High Cost - Measure of fuel poverty, considers a household to be in fuel poverty if required fuel costs are above average, or if they were to spend that amount, they would be left with a residual income below the official poverty line |
| LLPG |
Local Land and Property Gazetteer - An address database maintained by local authorities |
| LSOA |
Lower Super Output Area - Designed for statistical purposes, built from census output areas, approximately 400 households |
| MHCLG |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| MSOA |
Medium Super Output Area - Designed for statistical purposes, built from lower super output areas, approximately 2,000 households |
| NHS |
National Health Service |
| Older people |
People over 65 for the excess cold hazard, people over 60 for the fire and falls hazards (excluding - falling between levels) |
| OS |
Ordnance Survey |
| Poor housing |
Dwellings where a category 1 hazard is present |
| Private sector housing |
Housing not owned by the local authority or a housing association |
| SAP |
Standard Assessment Procedure - Method system for measurement of energy rating of residential buildings |
| SimpleSAP |
An estimate of a residential dwelling’s likely SAP score, it is not based on the full required range of data for a SAP calculation or a reduced data SAP calculation (RDSAP), it should only ever be considered an estimate of the SAP score, and used as a guide |
| UPRN |
A unique 12 digit number assigned to every unit of land and property recorded by local authorities as part of their LLPG |
| Vulnerable persons |
Persons who are more likely to be affected by the particular hazard as defined by the HHSRS Operating Guidance |
