Private renters
English Housing Survey, Headline Report, 2020-21, published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in 2021, suggests that private renters: ‘…covers all other tenants (ie not social renters or owner occupiers) including all whose accommodation is tied to their job. It also includes people living rent-free (for example, people living in a flat belonging to a relative).’
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