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English Housing Survey: Homes Report 2010

Published 5 July 2012
Type(s) Statistics
Site Corporate
ISBN 9781409834724
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Summary

The Department for Communities and Local Government published the English Housing Survey (EHS) Homes Report 2010, formally known as the Housing Stock Report, on Thursday 5 July 2012.

This is the detailed report of findings relating to the housing stock from the survey, and builds on results reported in the English Housing Survey Headline Report published in February 2012.

The English Housing Survey Household Report 2010-11 was also published on 5 July 2012.
The English Housing Survey began in April 2008 bringing together two former DCLG housing surveys - the English House Condition Survey and the Survey of English Housing.

The report includes the following findings:

  • In 2010, there were 22.4 million dwellings in England. Some 66 per cent of these were owner occupied and the rest were rented, split fairly evenly between the private rented sector (17 per cent) and social rented sector (17 per cent). There were slightly more housing association dwellings (2 million) than local authority dwellings (1.8 million).
  • Some 52% of the private rented stock was built before 1945 including 40 per cent built before 1919. Also, 15 per cent of private rented homes were converted flats.
  • The total cost of dealing with basic disrepair (day to day maintenance) within the stock was around £31.8 billion at 2010 prices and the average cost of this type of disrepair was £1,418 per dwelling.
  • The proportion of dwellings with damp problems fell from 10 per cent in 2001 to 7 per cent in 2010. This was mainly due to a fall in the incidence of problems caused by penetrating damp.
  • The average energy efficiency rating for the whole stock (using SAP09) has increased from 45 in 1996 to 55 in 2010.
  • The average SAP rating in the social sector in 2010 was around eight points higher than either owner occupied or private rented homes (62 compared with 54).

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