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WQ.257/2022
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES BY DEPUTY L.V. FELTHAM OF ST. HELIER CENTRAL
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 31st OCTOBER 2022
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 7th NOVEMBER 2022
Question
“Will the Minister provide the details of any analyses from the last 5 years of current unmet housing need that have been undertaken and any scenario-planning or estimation of the future housing required to be supplied by the Affordable Housing Gateway, including any analyses undertaken regarding key worker accommodation requirements?”
Answer
Analyses of current unmet need, scenario-planning and estimations of future housing requirement to be supplied by the affordable housing gateway are publicly available:
The Objective Assessment of Housing Need (2018) provides an analysis of Jersey’s future housing requirements. It provides a comprehensive evidence-base of the island’s housing requirements across a range of different population scenarios, as according to projections made for the 10-year period beyond 2018. This report includes reference to key worker accommodation.
The Jersey’s Future Housing Needs Report 2019-2021 (2019), produced by Statistics Jersey, provides an assessment of future housing requirements based on the intentions of households over the three-year period 2019-2021.
The Key Worker Housing Report (2019) examined the suitability of current key worker housing and set out potential solutions to address staff recruitment and retention pressures faced by a number of government departments.
The Bridging Island Plan Preferred Strategy (2020) set out a framework for the preparation of the new Island Plan, establishing the proposed spatial strategy for development, the planning assumption for future population growth, and analysis of housing needs and delivery mechanisms.
The Assessment of Housing Supply Methodology (2021) sets out how future housing demand and supply to support the development of the Bridging Island Plan was calculated.
The Independent Planning Inspectors Report (2022) into the draft Bridging Island Plan assessed and made recommendations in relation to housing demand and supply.
The Bridging Island Plan (2022) sets out the planning framework for the delivery of homes relative to identified demand and supply requirements. This includes provision for key worker accommodation.
The Affordable Housing Gateway provides monthly updated statistics for current unmet social housing requirements.
In terms of government key workers, there is on-going work with regard to identifying long-term strategic needs, skills and work force planning.