Increasing Numbers of Families in PRS

The number of households with children in the private rented sector has increased by 103 per cent in the past 10 years, according to a report from a research charity.  Families with children in higher income households were the group with the greatest proportional rise in the Building and Social Housing Foundation’s analysis of data from a variety of sources.  The report, Who lives in the private rented sector?, said: ‘The growth in higher income families [in the private rented sector] is indicative of the constrained access to homeownership. Download a copy of the report from the BSHF website.