Introduction -- Key findings -- Section 1 Households -- Section 2 Housing Stock -- Annexe -- Glossary

Preliminary findings of the English Housing Survey (EHS) for 2009-2010. The report is split into two sections. The first focuses on the profile of households including trends in tenures and the demographic and economic characteristics of households. It also covers rents and housing benefit for both social and private renters, recent movers, mortgage difficulties, and overcrowding and under-occupation. Section two provides an overview of the housing stock in England including the age, size, and type of home and presents measures of living conditions in England. This includes: energy efficiency of the housing stock; decent homes; the Housing Health and Safety Rating System; and homes affected by damp and mould. This section also looks at disparities in living conditions for particular groups of vulnerable households. There are a number of additional tables presented in an annex which provide further detail to that covered in the main body of the report.