Housing needs lower than States target
GUERNSEY's housing needs are considerably lower than the States' current targets, according to a long-awaited market review.
The review, conducted by KPMG, concludes that between 486 and 783 additional local market units are required by the end of 2021 to meet the demand for housing.
The current States target is to approve planning permission for 300 new dwellings per year, which Environment & Infrastructure president Deputy Barry Brehaut said was not met regularly.
‘[However] in practice the States has no control regarding whether the homes are subsequently built by developers,' he said following the publication of the review.
Employment & Social Security president Deputy Michelle Le Clerc said the report's findings would inform the development of new housing policy, which the committee is working on with E&I.
According to KPMG, only 146 to 209 new affordable housing units are required – just 40 to 50 extra per year.
There have been 458 units of affordable and supported housing introduced to the market since 2010.
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