What is Housing in the United Kingdom?
About 30% of homes in the United Kingdom are [[Owner-occupier|owned outright]] by the people who live in them. About 40% are owned by people with a [[mortgage]]. About 18% are [[social housing]] of some kind. About 12% are privately [[Renting|rented]] from private [[Landlord|landlords]]. == England == There were about 24.9 million [[Dwelling|dwellings]] in England in 2021 * 9 million were owner-occupied, an increase of 135,000 since the previous year * 9 million were privately rented, a rise of 64,000 * 1 million were social and affordable rented, an increase of 18,000.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2022|title=Housing in England: Issues, statistics and commentary|url=https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/housing-in-england-issues-statistics-and-commentary/|access-date=14 July 2023|website=House of Lords Library}}</ref> In July 2023 Rishi Sunak announced plans to build homes in city centres and reduce planning restrictions so that a million homes would be built before the next [[General election|General Election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gross|first=Anna|date=2023-07-23|title=Sunak tilts housing drive to inner cities to meet 1mn new homes pledge|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/62d2b839-23eb-4a77-adf8-6f6aabcb4e6d?desktop=true&segmentId=7c8f09b9-9b61-4fbb-9430-9208a9e233c8#myft:notification:daily-email:content|access-date=2023-07-24}}</ref> == Scotland == In 2020 there were about 2.6 million dwellings in Scotland. About 58% were owner-occupied. 4% were empty or second homes. 15% were private rented or rent free. 23% were social rented.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Housing Statistics, 2020-21|url=http://www.gov.scot/news/annual-housing-statistics-2020-21/|access-date=2023-07-14|website=www.gov.scot|language=en}}</ref> == Wales == In 2021: * 38.0% of households (512,000) owned the accommodation they lived in outright, an increase from 35.4% in 2011 * 28.3% (382,000) of households owned their accommodation with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership, which is less than in 2011 when it was 32.3%.