West Sussex County Council: Housing Market Assessment

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The Housing Market Assessment (HMA) establishes the long-term aims for housing supply and demand in West Sussex up to 2026. It provides local authorities with a better understanding of their housing markets and a robust evidence base for new planning and housing policies.

A county-wide HMA has been produced to consider:

• why people choose to live where they do;
• what factors drive the housing markets in West Sussex;
• the need for affordable housing as well as homes to be sold and rented on the open market;
• past, current, and future housing trends;
• how people might expect to live in the future, taking into account projected changes in population, household formations, and developments in the local economy across the county.

• the rural housing market;
• affordability of housing;
• the growth in the number of people buying to let;
• those having second homes;
• the housing needs of older people and those with special needs.