Welsh Housing Conditions Survey

Descriptions

The Welsh Government has not conducted a property survey since 2008, meaning that we have a need to obtain updated data on housing conditions in Wales. A comprehensive review of evidence requirements has been undertaken and resulted in a recommendation to commission a new housing conditions survey to be run in 2017-18. The results of this survey will provide robust information on housing conditions and energy efficiency of homes in Wales.The housing conditions survey will be based on a sub-sample of addresses that have taken part in the new National Survey for Wales. The National Survey is a continuous annual survey of a random sample of 12,000 individuals across Wales. The housing conditions survey will need to be carried out in at least 2,500 dwellings and, additionally, a pilot survey will need to be completed before fieldwork begins. The inspections will require qualified housing surveyors to assess the dwellings and ask the householder a short set of questions.