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Kent and Medway Strategic Housing Market Assessment
Challenges
Kerry Higgins, Associate Director, Residential [email protected]
Kent Forum Housing Strategy Launch
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Scope and Structure of the Strategic Housing Market Assessment
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Earnings in Kent and MedwayWorkplace and Resident Based
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Household income by quintile group (Source: ONS)
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Population and HouseholdsPast and Future Growth
Population Growth1991-2008 7,800pa (+132k)2008-2026 10,400pa (+208k)
Population will grow
Migration patterns - The economy- The new rail services
Household Growth
1991-2006 5,300pa (+79k)2006-2026 8,800pa (+176k) ONS projections based on past trends
Driven by falling household size
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Growing population dominated by growth in older age groups
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Declining size of the social rented stock, private renting has increased over the same period
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Housing DeliveryThe challenge
• Ambition for managed housing growth
• Help to address affordability
• Necessary for economic development
• Housing allocations now to be determined locally
• Maintaining new homes delivery a challenge
• Incentive provided by new homes bonus
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Persistent concentrations of deprivation in some coastal and urban areas
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8% of all stock in East Kent is unfit, 4% in the other sub-regions (5% in Kent & Medway as a whole)
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The Cross Cutting Themes
Energy Efficiency- Green Deal- Retrofit of existing homes
Vulnerable Households- Specialist housing provision- Mesh with provision of services
Rural Issues- Affordability and access- Limited development opportunity
