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Private Rented Housing: Young People

Commons · Question 26815 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 5 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of under 25s who are renting privately.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 5 Feb 2025

The English Housing Survey (EHS) contains details of the demographic profile of households in England. In the most recent published figures (for 2023-24) there were 447,000 households renting privately where the Household Reference Person (HRP) was aged 1...