Key points

• Between 1999/2000 and 2024, there was an increase of 260,000 owner occupied households and an increase of 200,000 private rented households. Whereas social rented households decreased by 80,000 – which will be mainly related to the decrease in local authority stock through the Right to Buy initiative.
• In 2024, 28% of households in the social rented sector report managing well financially, compared with 65% of households in owner occupied households and 44% of privately rented households

• 81% of households in social rented properties reported being very/fairly satisfied with their housing in 2024, compared with 85% in private rented properties and 96% in owner occupied properties.
• 5% of all households reported to be on a housing list in 2024, equating to an estimated total of nearly 115,000 households on a housing list. An additional 10,000 (0.4%) households had applied for social housing using a choice based letting system or similar within the last year.