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Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

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Appendix A9 The social rented sectorTable A9.4 Overcrowding/under-occupancy within the social rented sectorOvercrowding/under-occupationNumber ofhouseholds<strong>Council</strong>% ofhouseholdsNumber ofhouseholdsRSL% ofhouseholdsOvercrowded 568 4.7% 85 0.7%Neither overcrowded nor under-occupied 10,696 87.7% 11,064 88.7%Under-occupied 933 7.6% 1,328 10.6%TOTAL 12,197 100.0% 12,477 100.0%Source: <strong>City</strong> of <strong>Westminster</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> <strong>Needs</strong> Survey <strong>2006</strong>A9.6 Financial informationThe table below shows the average annual income and savings levels by type of social rentedaccommodation (excluding student households). It shows that RSL tenants have greater incomesand savings levels than those living in <strong>Council</strong> rented accommodation.Table A9.5 Incomes and savings levelsTenure Average income Average savings<strong>Council</strong> Rented £13,656 £1,128RSL £23,528 £4,721TOTAL £18,648 £2,945Source: <strong>City</strong> of <strong>Westminster</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> <strong>Needs</strong> Survey <strong>2006</strong>A9.7 Social rented households and affordabilityThis section looks at the affordability of social rented households. The table below shows theproportion of households able to afford market priced accommodation in the <strong>City</strong> of <strong>Westminster</strong> (ifthey were to move now). The table shows that households living in RSL accommodation areslightly more able to afford accommodation than <strong>Council</strong> households.TenureTable A9.6 Affordability and tenureUnable to affordmarket housingAffordabilityNumber ofh’holds% of h’holdsunable to afford<strong>Council</strong> 11,950 12,197 98.0%RSL 10,931 12,477 87.6%TOTAL 22,881 24,674 92.7%Source: <strong>City</strong> of <strong>Westminster</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> <strong>Needs</strong> Survey <strong>2006</strong>PAGE 217

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