The Cambridge Sub-Region Strategic Housing Market Assessment

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The Cambridge Sub-Region Strategic Housing Market
Assessment
Polly Jackson Housing Research Officer
29th February 2008
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Overview

• What is a SHMA?
• Who is involved?
• What research was conducted?
• What does it include?
• What happens next?
• Where to find out more.

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What is a SHMA?

• Tool for understanding how the local housing
  market operates.
• Evidence base for policy.
• Provides information on a range of
  housing-related issues.
• Not a Housing Need Assessment.

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Who is involved?

• Cambridge City
• East Cambridgeshire
• Fenland
• Huntingdonshire
• South Cambridgeshire
• Forest Heath
• St Edmundsbury

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Who is involved?

• Local Authorities
• Planners
• Developers
• Landowners
• Builders
• Estate Agents
• Housing Associations
• The local PCT

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Research

• Primary
• Household Survey
• Survey of Estate and Letting Agents
• Review of Private Rents in Press

• Secondary
• Census
• Housing Strategy Statisical Appendix (HSSA)
• CORE
• Land Registry
• Survey of English Housing

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SHMA Contents

• Introduction and background what, who, how, why.
• Sub regional context geography, maps, market
  areas.
• Current housing market economic and demographic
  projections, stock, condition, housing need,
  intermediate, private rented, buy to let, current
  prices and affordability of tenures.
• Future housing market plans for future housing
  delivery past and future programmes creating
  balanced communities future sizes of homes.
• Housing need our numbers following CLG guidance
  observers data guide to tenures using expressed
  need (registers).
• Specific requirements BME, migrants, Gypsies and
  Travellers, young people, older people, students,
  disabilities rural.
• Monitoring and development updating plans.
• Appendices useful background.

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Findings
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Forecast Growth in Population and Households
2001-2021
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Forecast Population Change by Broad Age Groups
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Percentage Change in Dwelling Stock,
2001/02-2005/06
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Housing Needs Registers, 2001-2006
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Required Income by Tenure
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Huntingdonshire Affordability by tenure
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What happens next?

• Updating
• Summarising/ tidying
• Further research into specific groups
• Improving methodology
• Hometrack CBL

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