Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYTypical levels of need for new affordable housingWestminsterInner LondonOuter LondonSouth WestSouth EastUnited KingdomEastScotland & WalesWest MidlandsNorthEast Midlands4899121716162732510 10 20 30 40 50 60Affordable housing requiremement/000 householdsSource: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006Broader Housing Market & Future ChangesIn addition to concentrating on the need for affordable housing in isolation the study looked athousing requirements in the private sector market. The analysis began by looking at the differencesbetween three broad housing sectors (owner-occupation, private rented and social rented). Thesurvey data revealed large differences between the three main tenure groups in terms of stockprofile (size of accommodation), turnover and receipt of housing benefit (or income supporttowards mortgage interest payments in the case of owner-occupiers). These figures are based oninformation collected in the survey, and on those households wishing to move in the next 2 years,therefore the figures will vary slightly from HSSA and CORE information.TenureProfile and turnover of stock and housing benefit claims by tenure% of properties withless than threebedroomsAnnual turnover ofstock (% ofhouseholds)% claiming housingbenefit (incomesupport for owners)Owner-occupied 41.4% 1.7% 0.9%Private rented 76.9% 35.1% 9.2%Social rented 72.8% 7.2% 43.9%ALL HOUSEHOLDS 60.4% 14.4% 11.2%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 7