findings from the interviews and Choice based lettings strategy documents of Merton and Lambeth councils

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

4.0 FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

This chapter present the results obtained through the research methodology described in the last chapter, and discusses the findings gathered from the primary and secondary data collected from the interviews and Choice based lettings strategy documents of Merton and Lambeth councils. After all the information has been gathered through the structure interview and the online questionnaire and information retrieved through the secondary documents. They were broken down into raw data after all the data had been coded

4.1 Quantitative Research

4.1.1 Result presentation

Information gathered from the secondary data are presented in form of tables and charts are as follows:

Table 1: Number of household registered for choice based lettings scheme from 2006 -2010

Boroughs 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Merton 13,278 15,885 16,542 16,163 14,987

Lambeth- 13,611 14,495 15,479 20,729 26,596

Source: Housing Strategy Statistic.

Table 2: Number of accommodation provided through choice based lettings target from 2006 -2010

Borough 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Merton 1480 1500 13,00 1645 1588

Lambeth – – 1582 1645 1974

Source: Housing Strategy Statistical.

Number void properties left. The amount of void properties that are left is the only way success are measured through choice based lettings in both boroughs

4.1.2. Result Analysis

Although quantitative analysis is a powerful tool for evaluating the research, it is however, used to a minimal in this research to be contracted with the findings from interviews. Merton and Lambeth are part of the Boroughs who adopted the choice based lettings schemes and they are among the boroughs that statistic information was obtained. According to statistics due to the introduction of choice based lettings households on the register list increased every year in Table 1. In table 2 the household provided with accommodation in Merton continue to increase from 2007 and decreased in 2008, it increases again in 2009 and decreased in 2010. However, in Lambeth household with accommodation through choice based lettings continue to increase from 2008, that they adopted choice based lettings till date.

London borough of Merton map

Map data 2010 TELE A

The London borough of Lambeth map

Sources: Map data 2010 Tele Atlas