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Property Guardians

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN HL13584, tabled on 11 February 2019

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.