Housing Need Surveys
Housing Need Surveys are carried out to provide communities with the evidence they need to make informed decisions on whether to proceed with a housing scheme. They can also encourage landowners to make a site available if a local housing need is identified.
Housing Need Surveys can help to promote and gather support from the wider community for a local housing development. They can also help inform Neighbourhood Plans, including site allocations and policies, for the type of housing to be developed within a community.
How the surveys work
Housing Need Surveys may take the form of a paper-based household survey, an electronic survey, or involve direct contact with individual community members, for example through a local consultation event. Whilst the actual questions in a survey will vary depending on the type of survey being carried out, they will universally collect information to establish:
- How many local people have a housing need
- The age of those in housing need
- The composition and size of the household that has a housing need
- Their current housing circumstances and why they require alternative accommodation
- The type and size of housing they are seeking
- What tenure they are seeking and what they can afford (including their income/savings)
- The nature of their local connection with the community
The Survey Report will include this information within the context of the local housing market of the community, including the tenure makeup of the existing housing stock; prices and transactions, rents and turnover.
How much does a survey cost?
Housing Need Surveys undertaken by Action Hampshire usually cost around £3,000–£6,500 (plus postage and VAT) depending on the size of the parish and the type of survey required. Surveys can be paid for by Local Authorities, Housing Associations or Developers, Parish/Town Councils or Community Organisations.
For a no obligation quotation contact us: housing@actionhampshire.org
