Private Rental Sector Tenancies Have Doubled In 30 Years

2015 Private Rental Sector Tenancies
Are More Than Double 1985 Figures

A UK think tank claims that the number of tenants renting private rental sector properties has more than doubled since 1985.

According to research conducted by ResPublica, 22% of all UK properties are in the UK private rental sector (PRS), more than double the number in 1985 when this proportion was only 9%.

On the other hand, the number of tenants renting in the UK social sector has fallen dramatically during the same period.

30% of tenants rented from public and social landlords in 1985, however, this figure has fallen to just 9% according to the research.

The research also discovered that despite a significant drop in numbers during the early part of the new century, the number of owner-occupiers is still around 61%, the same as it was thirty years ago. The findings are a far cry from all the media hype suggesting that the UK is fast becoming a nation of renters.

The think tank’s findings reflect those of the annual English Housing Survey which revealed that 19% of UK households were rented in the private rented sector in 2013/14, while the number of owner-occupiers accounted for 63%.

The findings suggest that the UK PRS is healthy, strong and more importantly, sustainable, even with an avalanche of new legislation that has been introduced by the Government.

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