Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006Figure 7.1 Summary of unsuitable housing categoriesOvercrowded*Subject to major disrepair orunfitness2,7052,631Accommodation tooexpensive2,298Mobility and/or healthproblemsHarassment1,5771,776End of tenancy/ in temporaryaccommodation860Difficulty maintaining homeLacking kitchen, bathroom orWC367478Sharing kitchen, bathroom orWC00 500 1,000 Households 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table below shows unsuitable housing by tenure. The patterns emerging suggest that Councilresidents and owner-occupiers (with a mortgage) are more likely to be in unsuitable housing. Some15.2% of Council tenants and 15.1% of owner-occupiers (with a mortgage) are estimated to beliving in unsuitable housing, this compares with 5.5% of owner-occupiers (with no mortgage) and5.8% of RSL tenants.TenureTable 7.1 Unsuitable housing and tenureInunsuitablehousingNot inunsuitablehousingUnsuitable housingNumberof h’holdsin City% of totalh’holds inunsuitablehousing% ofthose inunsuitablehousingOwner-occupied (no mortgage) 1,201 20,467 21,668 5.5% 10.5%Owner-occupied (with mortgage) 4,154 23,297 27,451 15.1% 36.5%Council 1,857 10,340 12,197 15.2% 16.3%RSL 724 11,753 12,477 5.8% 6.4%Private rented 3,453 31,933 35,386 9.8% 30.3%TOTAL 11,390 97,790 109,180 10.4% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 70