A summary was published providing a preview of key results from the 2006-07 Survey of English Housing.
Source: Survey of English Housing Preliminary Results: 2006/07, Department for Communities and Local Government (0870 1226 236)
Links: Summary
Date: 2007-Dec
A report presented information from the 18,386 households interviewed for the Survey of English Housing in the year beginning April 2005. There were 14.6 million (70 per cent) owner-occupying households, 3.7 million (18 per cent) social renters, and 2.5 million (12 per cent) private renters. The proportion of people aged 25-34 who were owner-occupiers had fallen, with private renting becoming more common among this age group.
Source: Housing in England 2005/06: A report principally from the 2005/06 Survey of English Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report | DCLG press release
Date: 2007-Oct
Researchers examined the immediate and longer-term future housing aspirations of households in Scotland. A large majority (86 per cent) expressed a preference for home-ownership rather than renting. Private renters in particular were keen to own a home. This preference was also apparent among social renters, though somewhat less pronounced.
Source: Sue Clegg, Alice Coulter, Gareth Edwards and Valerie Strachan, Housing Aspirations, Scottish Government (web publication only)
Date: 2007-Oct
An annual review of housing included statistics on house prices and market trends; United Kingdom and international economic trends; public expenditure plans; and housing stock and conditions, subsidies, tax relief, and benefits. The number of households in England was projected to grow at around 210,000 per year. Plans to build 200,000 new dwellings per year by 2016 would still represent a shortfall, and the government should monitor household growth closely and constantly review its own targets.
Source: Steve Wilcox, UK Housing Review 2006/2007, Chartered Institute of Housing (024 7685 1700) and Council of Mortgage Lenders
Links: Summary | CIH press release
Date: 2007-Jan
The 2005 English House Condition 'headline report' was published. Social housing conditions in England had substantially improved since 1996: the number of non-decent homes had fallen by over 3 million, from 9.1 million (45 per cent) to 6 million (27 per cent) in 2005.
Source: English House Condition Survey 2005: Headline Report, Department for Communities and Local Government (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report | DCLG press release | CIH press release
Date: 2007-Jan
