Social housing rents and waiting lists

Published on: 3 June 2014

Question type: Written

Asked by: Geoffrey Southern

Answered by: Minister for Housing and Communities

This content has been automatically generated from the original PDF and some formatting may have been lost, therefore it should not be relied upon to extract citations or propose amendments. Please see the PDF for the official version of the document.

1240/5(8344)

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING BY DEPUTY G.P. SOUTHERN OF ST. HELIER

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 3rd JUNE 2014

Question

Given that the Minister has stated that he will control social housing rent levels by increasing the supply of housing to meet demand, will he explain to members what this means in terms of the number of units of accommodation required over the first 10 years of the Housing Transformation Plan as this relates to the current waiting list for social housing in the light of predicted population growth?

Answer

The revised Island Plan provides for 1,100 Category A' affordable homes to be delivered during the period 2013 to 2020, based on levels of demand arising from a planning assumption for net migration of +150 households per year and the Housing Needs Survey.