An annual compendium of housing statistics for England was published for 2005. Nearly 155,000 new dwellings (excluding conversions and change of use) were completed in England during 2004-05 - an increase of 6 per cent over the previous year.
Source: Housing Statistics 2005, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report | ODPM press release
Date: 2005-Dec
The 14th edition was published of an annual review containing up-to-date housing statistics for England (and its regions), Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Source: Steve Wilcox, UK Housing Review 2005/2006, Chartered Institute of Housing (024 7685 1700) and Council of Mortgage Lenders
Links: Summary | CIH press release
Date: 2005-Dec
The third of a series of reports on the Survey of English Housing for 2003-04 focused on social renters and private renters. Private renters paid, on average, about twice as much rent as social renters ( 117 per week compared to 59 per week): but they earned, on average, more than twice as much as social renters.
Source: Alun Humphrey, Joseph Hewton, David Wall, Robin Oliver and Shuvro Bose, Housing in England 2003/04: Part 3: Social Renters and Private Renters, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (020 7944 4400)
Links: Report | ODPM press release
Date: 2005-Dec
Provisional results were published for the Survey of English Housing for 2004-05. The survey provided key housing data on tenure, owner occupation and the social rented sector, as well as being the principal source of information about the private rented sector.
Source: Survey of English Housing Provisional Results: 2004/05, Report (pdf) | ODPM press release (1) | ODPM press release (2)
Date: 2005-Oct
A report examined how the number of households in England was expected to grow, and the main reasons for that growth. The number of households was expected to rise by about 3.5 million between 2001 and 2021 about in line with the 1951-2001 average, This was the main determinant of the overall housing requirement, which was likely to be upwards of 200,000 new homes per annum.
Source: Alan Holmans with Christine Whitehead, Housing the Next Generation : Household growth, housing demand and housing requirements, Town and Country Planning Association (020 7930 8903)
Links: Summary (pdf) | TCPA press release
Date: 2005-Sep
The second of a series of reports was published on the Survey of English Housing for 2003-04, focusing mainly on owner occupiers. There were an estimated 14.5 million homeowners in England in 2003-04, representing 71 per cent of all households.
Source: Alun Humphrey, Joseph Hewton, David Wall, Shuvro Bose and Robin Oliver, Housing in England 2003/04: Part 2 - Owner occupiers and second homes, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report (pdf) | ODPM press release
Date: 2005-Aug
The first of a series of reports on the Survey of English Housing for 2003-04 was published, focusing on trends in tenure and cross-tenure topics. Owner occupation had risen from 57 per cent of households in 1981 to 71 per cent in 2004. The housing association share of the social sector had risen from 17 per cent in 1994 to 37 per cent in 2004.
Source: Housing in England 2003/04: Part 1 - Trends in Tenure and Cross Tenure Topics, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report (pdf) | ODPM press release
Date: 2005-Apr
Key findings from the English House Condition Survey for 2003 showed that the number of dwellings failing to provide a decent standard of accommodation had fallen by 370,000 since 2001 - from 7.1 million (33 per cent of the total) in 2001 to 6.7 million (31 per cent) in 2003. The most vulnerable and disadvantaged households, and those living in the most deprived areas, had gained the most from this improvement.
Source: English House Condition Survey: Key Findings for 2003, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report (pdf) | ODPM press release
Date: 2005-Mar
The government published estimates of the percentage of overcrowded households at ward level for the 15 English local authority areas with the highest rates of overcrowding.
Source: Overcrowding in England: Overcrowding at the ward level - Paper 3: Wards in the local areas with the highest levels of overcrowding, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (web publication only)
Links: Report | Table (Excel file) | ODPM press release
Date: 2005-Jan
