Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006Additionally, survey data suggests that 9.2% of households (3,533 households) in the private rentedsector are in receipt of housing benefit, this compares with 0.9% of all owners. It is also estimatedthat an additional 65.5% of private renters are paying more for housing than is recommended, basedon the affordability test described in Chapter 6.11.4 The social rented sectorIt is of interest to briefly provide the same information as above for the social rented sector. Thetables below show stock profile and turnover rates for all social rented housing in the City. The datashows that the social rented sector has relatively few four or more bedroom properties whilst 72.8%are one or two bedroom.The turnover rate in the social rented stock is around 7.2% per annum, with the highest turnover forproperties with one bedroom.Table 11.5 Size of dwellings (number of bedrooms) in the socialrented stockNumber of bedrooms Households % of households1 bedroom 12,510 50.7%2 bedrooms 5,446 22.1%3 bedrooms 5,814 23.6%4+ bedrooms 904 3.7%TOTAL 24,674 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006Table 11.6 Turnover of dwellings in the social rented stock bysize of dwelling (number of bedrooms)Number ofbedroomsNumbermoving in pasttwo yearsNumber ofhouseholdsEstimatedannualturnover rate1 bedroom 2,542 12,510 10.2%2 bedrooms 440 5,446 4.0%3 bedrooms 538 5,814 4.6%4+ bedrooms 10 904 0.6%TOTAL 3,530 24,674 7.2%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006Survey data also suggests that 43.9% of households in the social rented sector are in receipt ofhousing benefit.PAGE 108