*in 2009-10, social renters paid on average £75 per week in rent and private renters £153. Around 62 per cent of social renters received Housing Benefit compared to 24 per cent of private renters.
*Some 6.7 million homes (30 per cent) were non-decent in 2009, down from 7.4 million (33 per cent) in 2008. Overall, social sector homes were in a better condition than private sector homes with 23 per cent being non-decent compared to 31per cent.
*A third of households living in poverty were living in non decent homes compared to 28 per cent of those not living in poverty. Damp was also more prevalent in the homes of poor households: 12 per cent of poor households lived with damp problems compared with 7 per cent of other households.
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