Steyning Housing Needs Survey 2011
Steyning Parish Council was delighted to receive the Housing Needs Survey report from Action in Rural Sussex and to learn that one third of the households in Steyning had replied to the survey which is a record.
The survey is in two parts focusing on general needs and secondly on older persons’ needs.
We have taken on board that there is an unmet need from local people, most of whom wish to stay in Steyning, for either family accommodation or older persons accommodation, in
circumstances where they are not able financially to enter the housing market and will therefore need support.
In consultation with the report’s author the Parish Council hopes to use this very valuable tool to endeavour to persuade Saxon Weald Housing Association to retain the ‘Brittons
Croft’ site in public ownership, and to provide accommodation in one form or another for local people, and we will be entering into discussions with them at
the earliest opportunity.
The Council will be making the report generally available to anyone interested and will be discussing it with their partner authorities. We are really delighted at the level of response from Steyning residents.
David Barling
Chairman Steyning Parish Council
Housing Needs Survey Report – Steyning – Older Persons – Final Draft
Housing Needs Survey Report – Steyning – Final draft