To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of individuals who are living as property guardians in England.
Answered on
20 February 2019
The Government does not collect data on property guardians. According to research carried out by the University of York, it is estimated that there are between 5,000 and 7,000 property guardians in the UK, representing 0.1 per cent of households in the private rented sector.