Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

SECTION E: THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR GROUPSSECTION E: THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR GROUPSThis section addresses particular client groups that may have very specific housing requirements.Although such groups do not necessarily represent households in need as defined by the ODPMGuide, it is important for the Council to have detailed information on them in order to informspecific policies and service provision.For example, the frail elderly may not be in housing need in the sense of not being able to affordmarket housing, but many of them are liable to require extra care in the future, whether directly, orvia aids and adaptations in the home.This section covers the following groups:• Households with support needs• Older person households• Key worker households• Black and Minority Ethnic households• Overcrowding and under-occupationThe section finishes with a short chapter looking at the incidence of overcrowding and underoccupationamongst different groups of households in the City.It is important to note that in this section student households have been included in the analysisunless stated.PAGE 117