How much social housing do we currently have in London?

Published on October 30, 2022

Published on October 30, 2022

We have analysed some of the Regulator of Social Housing’s 2022 data on housing stock owned and managed by registered providers in England – looking specifically at London.

Some key points on the amount of social rented housing stock in London.

  • There are 717,078 social rented homes in London – 20% of the capital’s 3,671,000 total dwelling stock.
  • 657,633 of these are general needs social rented homes (not including supported housing/housing for older people). 68,803 (56%) are council and 288,830 (44%) housing association (Private Registered Providers – PRP) homes.
  • Most general needs self-contained homes, but 2,436 are non-self-contained.
  • There were 2,056 fewer general needs social rented homes in London in 2022 than in 2021 – 1,534 council and 522 PRP homes.
  • 59,445 social-rented supported housing/housing for older people in London – 43,107 PRP and 16,338 council homes.
  • Only 27% of social-rented supported housing/housing for older people is council owned.

The amount of affordable rent housing in London:

  • There are 45,440 affordable rent homes in London – 5,196 council and 38,441 RPR homes.
  • 43,637 are general needs affordable rent homes and 1,803 (258 council and 1,545 PRP) are affordable rent supported homes/homes for older people in London.

The number of larger bedroom-sized homes:

  • There are 38,618 4-bedrooms+ general needs social rented homes in London. This is just 5.9% of the capital’s general needs social rented housing stock.
  • There are 2,295 4-bedroom+ affordable rent homes in London – just 5.3 % of the general-needs affordable rent stock in London