The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published ‘The English Housing Survey’ (EHS), providing the findings from the 2016-17 national survey of people’s housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England.
The survey was first run in 2008-09.
MHCLG writes:
Prior to then, the survey was run as two standalone surveys: the English House Condition Survey and the Survey of English Housing. This report provides the findings from the 2016-17 survey.
This report is split into two sections. The first, on households, covers tenure (owner occupation and the social and private rented sectors) and the demographic and economic characteristics of the people who live in the three tenures. It then explores how affordability varies between tenures and how this has changed over time, buying expectations among renters, average rental costs in the private and social rented sectors and the extent to which private and social renters claim Housing Benefit to help meet the cost of their rent. Rates of overcrowding and under-occupation by tenure are then examined, followed by analysis of personal well-being and the extent to which this varies by tenure.
The second section, on homes, provides an overview of the housing stock in England including: the age, size, and type of home; energy efficiency of the housing stock; decent homes; homes affected by damp and mould; and smoke alarms. The report will be followed up with a series of more detailed topic reports in July.
Read more, download the headline report and accompanying spreadsheets