The report presents detailed findings from the 2007 survey on the housing conditions and energy performance of the stock. The report included the following highlights:
* The energy efficiency of the housing stock has steadily improved from 42 SAP points in 1996 to 50 in 2007.
* In 2007, 41 per cent of homes were in the more efficient Energy Efficient Rating Bands A-D compared with only 19 per cent of homes in 1996. The proportion of homes in the least energy efficient Bands F and G nearly halved over this period (from 36 per cent to 19 per cent).
* Social sector homes were more energy efficient with a SAP rating of 58 compared with 48 for the private sector and the rate of energy efficiency improvement since 1996 has been greater in the social sector.
* Housing conditions for private sector ‘vulnerable’ households have improved year on year since 2001, although private tenants remain more likely to live in non-decent homes accommodation than vulnerable owners (52 per cent compared to 35 per respectively).
* The services and amenities homes provide continued to improve. They were more likely to have a second WC (9.0 million) and a second bath/shower (4.6 million) than in 1996. Smoke alarms were present in the houses of 85 per cent of households in 2007, up from 67 per cent in 1996. Eighty-eight per cent of social households had smoke alarms compared to 85 per cent private sector households.
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ehcs2007annualreport
