Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

7. Backlog of existing need7.8 SummaryThis chapter reported on the components contributing to the backlog need element of the needsassessment model. In total it is estimated that 11,390 existing households are in housing need.When looking further forward to the additional affordable housing requirements of thesehouseholds we remove households currently living in social rented housing to produce a final figureof 587.The final element of backlog need considered the needs arising from homeless households. Thiselement made for 1,141 additional households in need.Bringing together all the factors of the backlog of housing need (as defined by the ODPM andfollowed by Fordham Research) it is estimated that there is an overall backlog of need of 1,728affordable homes. Annualised, assuming a 20% reduction per year suggests an annual need of 346dwellings to reduce the backlog need in the City of Westminster.PAGE 77