Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

7. Backlog of existing needThe table below shows the unsuitable housing categories by tenure. The table indicates that 42.7%of overcrowded households are resident in private rented accommodation. The table also indicatesthat households suffering from harassment are particularly likely to be living in rentedaccommodation. Finally the table also shows that some 46.3% of households with mobility/healthproblems are owner-occupiers.Unsuitable housingcategoriesTable 7.2 Unsuitable housing categories and tenureTenureOwneroccupied(nomortgage)Owneroccupied(withmortgage)CouncilRSLPrivaterentedTOTALTenancy ending/temporaryaccommodation0 0 0 0 860 860Accommodation too expensive 0 1,188 0 0 1,110 2,298Over-crowding 93 863 508 85 1,156 2,705Difficulty maintaining home 232 228 10 7 0 478Spec needs/mobility etc 427 520 290 444 94 1,776Lacking facilities 18 292 0 0 57 367Disrepair 209 590 978 18 835 2,631Harassment 113 121 600 257 486 1,577* The sample of households in all of these categories of unsuitable housing is small so the results of the tenure profile shouldbe treated with cautionSource: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The figure below shows the proportion of households living in unsuitable housing by householdtype and sub-area. The data shows that lone parent households are particularly likely to be inunsuitable housing. Households containing two adults and no children and households containingtwo adults and at least two children showed the lowest levels of unsuitable housing. By sub-areathere are also some significant differences. Levels of unsuitable housing vary from 17.7% in theNorth to 2.1% in South Central.PAGE 71