The seventh edition was published of an annual compendium of statistics covering all aspects of housing in England. Over 163,000 new dwellings (excluding conversions and change of use) were completed in England during 2004-05, a rise of 5 per cent on the previous year.
Source: Housing Statistics 2006, Department for Communities and Local Government (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report | DCLG press release
Date: 2006-Dec
Provisional results were published from the Survey of English Housing for 2005-06.
Source: Survey of English Housing Provisional Results: 2005/06, Department for Communities and Local Government (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report | DCLG press release
Date: 2006-Nov
A report examined why new official projections for the numbers of households in England in 2021 were so much higher than previous figures; and whether the new forecasts were believable.
Source: Alan Holmans with Christine Whitehead, More Households to be Housed: Where is the increase coming from?, Town and Country Planning Association (020 7930 8903)
Links: Summary | TCPA press release
Date: 2006-Oct
The annual 'Housing in England' report was published for 2004-05, providing key housing data on owner-occupation and on the social and private rented sectors. In 2004-05, there were 14.6 million (71 per cent) owner-occupying households, 3.7 million (18 per cent) social renters, and 2.4 million (12 per cent) private renters.
Source: Housing in England 2004/05, Department for Communities and Local Government (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report | Appendices | DCLG press release | Inside Housing report
Date: 2006-Oct
An annual report provided an account of living conditions in England in 2004, including progress made since 1996 and 2001. Since 1996 the number of non-decent homes had been reduced by almost a third, from 9.1 million to 6.3 million in 2004.
Source: English House Condition Survey: 2004 Annual Report, Department for Communities and Local Government (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report | Summary | DCLG press release
Date: 2006-Sep
A report monitored and analyzed over 40 indicators on housing and neighbourhoods, and assessed the government s performance against its key targets in these areas. The number of new affordable homes was well below need, and much lower than in the mid-1990s; there had been a doubling of temporary accommodation for homeless households; mortgage costs for first-time buyers were back to the peak recorded in 1990; over a third of working households under 40 could not afford to buy; there had been a doubling of court orders for re-possessions since 2003; and non-take-up of housing benefit had doubled to half a million since 1997.
Source: Guy Palmer, Peter Kenway and Steve Wilcox, Housing and Neighbourhoods Monitor, York Publishing Services for Joseph Rowntree Foundation, available from York Publishing Services Ltd (01904 430033)
Links: Report | JRF Findings | JRF press release
Date: 2006-Sep
An annual survey report (for 2003) examined the characteristics of those who owned rented property in England, their approaches to letting property, their expectations for the future, and the problems they experienced.
Source: English House Condition Survey 2003: Private Landlords Survey, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report
Date: 2006-Apr
The fourth (and final) part of a series of reports on the Survey of English Housing for 2003-04 focused on households in deprived areas. Social renting was the dominant tenure in the 10 per cent most deprived areas of England, accounting for 56 per cent of all households (compared with just 19 per cent nationally).
Source: Housing in England 2003/04 Part 4: Households in deprived areas and other topics, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report | ODPM press release
Date: 2006-Mar
A report provided a detailed account of the condition of homes in England in 2003, including progress made since surveys in 1996 and 2001.
Source: English House Condition Survey 2003: Annual Report, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Date: 2006-Mar
The government said that the number of households in England was expected to rise from 20.9 million in 2003 to 25.7 million by 2026, an annual increase of 209,000, of which 150,000 would be due to a higher number of single people living alone. It raised projections made in 2002 by about 10 per cent.
Source: Press release 14 March 2006, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (020 7944 3000)
Links: ODPM press release | Statistical press release | OPT press release | Guardian report
Date: 2006-Mar
Key results from the 2004 English House Condition Survey were published. They showed an overall reduction since 1996 of 1 million households in social housing, and of 400,000 vulnerable private sector households, who were living in dwellings failing to meet the decent homes standard.
Source: English House Condition Survey 2004: Headline Report - Decent Homes and Decent Places, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report | ODPM press release
Date: 2006-Mar
An annual report examined the changing demographic profile in Northern Ireland on housing need. The number of households in urgent housing need had increased by 10 per cent, and the number of people who were homeless has increased by 13 per cent. More than a quarter of all homes were occupied by single people.
Source: Northern Ireland Housing Market: Review and perspectives 2006-2009, Northern Ireland Housing Executive (028 9024 0588)
Links: Report | NIHE press release
Date: 2006-Feb
