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5. Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessments: Guidance

Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessments: Guidance

This guidance aims to provide advice on carrying out an assessment of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers. 

It sets out:

• why the Accommodation Needs Assessment has to be done
  
• what it should produce
  
• whom it should survey
  
• key differences between the Gypsy and Traveller community and others, and the practical implications of these differences
  
• how 'accommodation need' for Gypsies and Travellers differs from that for the settled community
  
• timescales for carrying out and updating the assessment

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