Assessing the housing Needs of Older People Jim McKirdle WLGA Housing Policy Officer November 2016

LA Strategic Housing role Assess and plan for the current and future housing needs of the local population across all tenures Make the best use of the local housing stock Plan and facilitate new supply Plan and commission housing support services Work in partnership to secure effective housing and neighbourhood management on an on-going basis

Local Housing Market Assessments 10 years ago!! 198 pages Understanding housing markets Identifying data sources Lots of detail

Local Housing Market Assessments Aimed to consolidate and strengthen previous guides on housing market and housing needs assessments, including:-

LHMA Partnership

LHMA Progress Some in-house LHMAs But, consultants still kept busy Cost and complexity as barriers to effective assessments Limited ownership & understanding Remained a snapshot in time Outputs relatively easy to challenge

Getting Started: A Step by Step Guide WLGA support for Housing Strategy Network LHMA practitioners group - key output Supporting improvement & good practice Dependency on Consultants

Local Housing Market Assessments The primary aims of this guide are to: • Supplement (but not replace) the 2006 Welsh Assembly Government guidance • Provide a starting point for a quantitative calculation of housing need and an assessment of the local housing market • Introduce more consistency in approaches across Wales whilst acknowledging differences between housing markets and access to data sources • Enable local authorities to undertake an in-house Local Housing Market Assessment (LHMA) and build local capacity and skills • Provide a starting point on which to build a more sophisticated understanding of housing markets

Local Housing Market Assessments Newly arising need Backlog of need Affordable housing supply Glen Bramley, Bramley et al. (1998, p.34)

LHMA Calculations

LHMA Progress More in-house LHMAs - 2 yrs old, or newer Strengthening the strategic housing role Focus on LSVT, WHQS, Homelessness, etc. CUTS!!!! & impact on capacity Affordable housing supply & viability challenges

Jim McKirdle Jim.mckirdle@wlga.gov.uk