Private Rented Housing
(asked on 20th July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of private renters spending more than 30 per cent of their income on housing costs; and how this proportion compares with previous years.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 3rd August 2026
My Department collects data on income and rent for households via the English Housing Survey and regularly reports on income in relation to housing costs. The latest published data can be found in the 2024-25 Headline Report Annex Table 2.5. and the 2023-24 Rented Sectors Report Annex Table 1.11.
Data for older years is also available at English Housing Survey - GOV.UK