Home numbers in England up by less than 1% in a year

There were 23.5 million homes in England at the end of March 2015, an increase of 171,000 dwellings or just 0.73% on the same point the previous year, according to official figures. Some 14.7 million were owner occupied, 4.7 million rented in the private sector and four million social and affordable rented homes, the data from the Department for Communities and Local Government shows. The figures could be regarded as a disappointment at a time when the UK government has highlighted a number of f...