Overcrowding Four Times More Likely In Social Homes

Proportionally there were almost four times more overcrowded social homes than overcrowded owner occupied homes in England and Wales, based on information released by the Office for National Statistics. Of the 23.4 million households in England and Wales registered in the 2011 census, 1.1 million homes were overcrowded. Overcrowding was most common in socially rented homes at 8.7 per cent, 360,000 homes, of the overall households registered. This was closely followed by overcrowding in privately rented homes at 8.6 per cent, 362,000 homes. Both of these were around four times more than the 2.3 per cent of overcrowded owner occupied homes, 341,000 homes. Read more on the ONS website.