Needs assessments
This page provides links to various local housing-related needs assessments to be aware of. They are produced by a variety of partners and will have different purposes and publication dates.
Some assessments, while not directly focused on housing issues, have some important messages for housing partners to be aware of.
The list is a work in progress – meaning more assessments will be added in time – they are arranged by publication date (the most recent first):
- Specialist supported accommodation for adults aged 16 to 64, published February 2024 by Cambridgeshire County Council, covering Cambridgeshire.
- Housing Need Survey Evaluation Report published February 2024 by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System, covering Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
- West Suffolk housing evidence base update published in December 2023, updating specific parts of the GLHearn report of October 2021, covering West Suffolk to inform their Local Plan development.
- Diamond Affordability Analysis 2023 published July 2023 by The Housing Board for Cambridgeshire, Peterborough & West Suffolk.
- Mapping barriers to healthcare access for people experiencing homelessness in Cambridge published May 2023 by Cambridge Homelessness Impact and Research Network (CHIRN). Cambridge only.
- Northstowe: a survey of residents published February 2023 by Cambridgeshire County Council.
- Tackling Health Inequalities published in February 2023 by Healthwatch Cambridgeshire.
- Older People’s accommodation demand profiles published 2023 by Cambridgeshire County Council.
- Housing needs of specific groups published October 2021 by G.L Hearn, covering Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk
- (Add Peterborough’s needs assessment here)
- Delivering Affordable Housing for our Hospital Workers: The Case for Change (summary document) published February 2020, prepared by Savills’ Research team and published by Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH).
- Older people’s housing, care and support needs in Greater Cambridge 2017-2036 published November 2017 by Sheffield-Hallam University. Covers Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire.
- Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment published October 2016 by ORS (excludes Fenland).
- Fenland Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment 2013 by Cambridgeshire County Research Group and Fenland District Council and update released October 2016.