Rented Housing: Evictions
Commons · Question 34191 · Tabled 26 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of rent increases on recent trends in the level of tenants being evicted.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 10 Mar 2025
The English Housing Survey found that in 2023-24 just under a third of private renters (32%) reported finding it either fairly or very difficult to afford their rent. This is an increase on the proportion seen in 2022-23 (29%), and pre-pandemic (27%).The ...