Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

10. Basic needs assessment modelSize requirementTable 10.5 Basic information required for assessment oftypes of affordable housing requiredSocial rent(£/week)*IntermediatehousingMinimum pricedsecond-hand markethousing (£/week)**1 bedroom £75 £76-£204 £2052 bedrooms £93 £94-£297 £2983 bedrooms £102 £103-£411 £4124+ bedrooms £115 £116-£555 £556*CORE Data (2005)**Survey of Estate and Letting Agents in City of Westminster 2006Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006It can be seen from the table above that for all dwelling sizes, the cost of social rented housing issignificantly below that of market housing. Therefore it is clear that intermediate housing will besuitable for some households in need.The table below shows the estimated breakdown of additional affordable housing requirements bysize and type of housing per annum. The figures are for gross need.Table 10.6 Amount of annual requirement for each type ofaffordable housing (all tenures)Type of housingDwelling sizeIntermediatehousingSocial rentedTOTAL1 bedroom 689 1,438 2,1272 bedrooms 462 1,967 2,4293 bedrooms 648 998 1,6454+ bedrooms 145 49 194TOTAL 1,944 4,451 6,395Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table shows that in total 30.4% of the gross requirement could be intermediate housing pricedabove the cost of social rents, the remainder should be social rented housing. However, from thesefigures it is important to deduct the supply of affordable housing. As with the previous analysis thishas been split by social rented and intermediate housing.PAGE 97