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WQ.76/2023

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES BY DEPUTY S.Y. MÉZEC OF ST. HELIER SOUTH

QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2023 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 27th FEBRUARY 2023

Question

“Will the Minister –

  1. provide a full and up-to-date breakdown by Band and bedroom need of the applications currently on the Affordable Housing Gateway for social rental housing;
  2. advise what the average waiting time is for each type of application; and
  3. provide a similar breakdown for the Assisted Purchase Pathway?”

Answer

  1. This information is published monthly on gov.je: Affordable Housing Gateway (gov.je)
  2. Waiting times depend on the type of properties and whether or not tenants express interest in them. When waiting times were produced years ago, they could not accurately reflect the length of time someone would be waiting. Therefore, waiting lists are no longer produced.
  3. The bedroom need of applicants for the Assisted Purchase Pathway is:

Number of Bedroom Need  Number of Applicants

1 bedroom  926

2 bedrooms  535

3 bedrooms  465

4 bedrooms  110

5 bedrooms  34

Total  2,070

The average waiting time (in months) to purchase a property through the Andium Homebuy scheme for successful buyers, including by property size purchased (e.g. date application registered to property purchase date):

No. of Bedrooms  Average Number of Months 1 Flat  21

2  47

Flat  52

House  59

Maisonette  21

3 House  53

4 House  42