One In Four Private Renters Said Housing Situation Made Lockdown Harder

Conducted by YouGov, a poll of more than 5,000 adults found that 25% of private renters said their housing had made lockdown more difficult, compared with 13% of people living in social housing and 12% overall – the average across all tenure types. Private renters were more likely to say their housing costs had made the crisis harder to cope with; 29% said this was an issue compared with an overall average of 14%. A lack of outdoor space and indoor space were also raised as issues by private renters; 24% said the former had made lockdown more difficult and 29% said the latter. Read more on Inside Housing.

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