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WQ.105/2022
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
BY SENATOR S.Y. MÉZEC
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 28th MARCH 2022
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 4th APRIL 2022
Question
Will the Chief Minister state the number of residential properties –
- in Jersey;
- owned by the States of Jersey;
- owned by companies which are either wholly or partly owned by the States of Jersey (including a breakdown between these companies);
- owned directly by Entitled persons;
- owned by persons via share transfer;
- owned by locally-based private businesses;
- owned by foreign-based private businesses;
- owned by Housing Trusts;
- owned by trusts; and
will he further provide the percentage for which each of these categories makes up of the entire stock of residential properties?
Answer
a) The 2011 Census identified 44,698 private dwellings and 157 communal establishments in Jersey. An updated figure will be available in the Housing chapter of the forthcoming 2021 Census. Further breakdown below:
- There are 133 buildings providing 330 units of accommodation. The breakdown of 133 / 330 is as follows:
Children, Young People, Education and Skills: 1 / 1 Health and Community Services: 54 / 168
IHE – Infrastructure: 1 / 1
IHE – Jersey Property Holdings: 46 / 128
Harold E Le Seelleur Trust (H&CS): 4 / 4
IHE – Sport: 3 / 3
Justice and Home Affairs: 17 / 17
Office of the Lieutenant-Governor: 7 / 8
- The number of residential properties owned by Andium is 4,674. Other properties are included in the answer above. Figures for other organisations have not been possible to gather within the time frame but will be forwarded to the Senator in due course.
- The difficulties in gathering this information were identified in P.93/2020; such data is not held at present. A Digital Register of Property, commissioned by the Chief Minister, is currently being progressed.
- As above.
- As above.
- As above.
- The number of residential properties owned by Housing Trusts was 6,160. A breakdown is below:
- Refer to (d).
The table in the answer to (a) provides a breakdown of the entire stock in 2011. The upcoming Census will reveal up-to-date figures.