Housing in the United Kingdom
The number of households in the private rented sector in the UK went up from 2.8 million in 2007 to 4.5 million in 2017. Most of these are people under 40. In 2023  241,000 homes were available for renting, 35% less than in June 2019. Rents went up by 23% in the same time.   About 40% of renters had difficulty paying their rent in 2023.  On average, renters spent 21% of their disposable income on rent.  Most of the landlords have buy-to-let mortgages.  Rising interest rates cause them problems.  About 100,000 buy-to-let properties were sold in 2022.