In ENGLAND (NOT the United Kingdom)
Owner-occupied 70%
Privately rented 10%
Local Authority rented 13%
Registered social landlord (RSL) rented 7%
total 21.3m dwellings
40% of the stock was built before 1945,
48% between 1945 and 1984, and
13% after 1984.
The English stock has considerable differences from that of other
countries.
It is older, with 45% being more than 50 years old compared with 39%
in
France and 24% in the USA. It has far fewer flats: 19% compared with
[38% in
Scotland] 59% in Germany and 28% in the USA. There are also higher
levels of
owner occupation: 68% compared with 38% in Germany and 64% in the USA.
above from http://www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/information/keyfigures/index.htm
and
http://www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/research/ehcs96/summary/index.htm
In SCOTLAND
by 1999, nearly two thirds of Scotland's 2.3 million dwellings were
owner occupied, a quarter were rented from public authorities, one in
twenty were rented from housing associations and one in fifteen from
private landlords
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Compared to other countries in the EU, the UK has high levels of home
ownership (Chart 2.5). In 1996, three fifths of households in the
European Union as a whole owned their own home. The highest levels of
home ownership were in Spain and Ireland, where more than four fifths
of households were owner occupiers. The UK was above the EU average,
with two thirds of households being home owners, while Scotland was
just below it. [I don't understand that point, Scotland is part of the
UK.] Around half of households in France, Denmark, Netherlands and
Austria own their home, while only in Germany are home-owning
households in the minority.
above from http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/sss/docs/sss02-03.asp
which also has a graph showing owner occupied % for the EU countries
as of 1996.
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