There appears to be a mixed reaction to the need for housing. The following indicates people's needs:

• 11 households are in need of alternative accommodation (9 people need accommodation now, 8 will have a need within 3 years and 7 within 4 - 10 years)
• Starter homes are identified as the main area of need. Family homes also needed.
• The reasons given for an inability to move are: price, lack of suitable housing to buy, lack of local authority housing, and lack of other rented housing.
• 35 people have moved from the community in the last 5 years, citing the reasons given above.
• 25 people in 19 households, given the chance, would like to return.
• 7 people (A. 2, K. 5) expressed a need for District Council rented property
• 4 people (A. 2, K.2) would like shared equity
• 3 people (K. 3) would like a County Farm
• 9 people (A. 4, K. 5) would like an Owner Occupied property
• 1 person (K. 1) needed private rented accommodation and
• 2 people (A. 2) needed accommodation by virtue of employment (tied)
• Of the 30 people answering this question, only 5 were on the District Council's waiting list, of which 3 had been on the list for more than 4 years.

As regards the type of housing development acceptable, the following are the responses:

• 40% want the housing stock to remain the same as it is now; but
• 26% would like to see up to 10 dwellings built;
• 13% would like to see up to 20 dwellings built;
• 4% would like to see over 20 dwellings built; and
• 16% had no opinion.
• Of the kind of housing needed:

• As to why houses should be built:

1. Parish Councils to pass the above information to the North Devon District Housing and Planning authorities and the North Devon Housing Association to reflect long-term housing needs in the Parishes.
2. Parish Councils to ensure through publicity that those who have immediate housing need are registered with the North Devon District Council Housing Department and North Devon Housing Association.