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<p>In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department commissioned the Household Resilience
Study – a follow-up to the English Housing Survey, conducted in 3 waves between June
2020 and May 2021. The research collected includes affordability data from owner-occupiers,
mortgagors, and both privately and socially renting tenants.</p><p>The study explored
numerous measures of affordability, such as proportion of income spent on rent or
mortgage, and ease in keeping up with heating costs or other household bills. The
data received through the Household Resilience Study includes information on keyworker
status and can be broken down by income levels.</p><p>Findings from the Household
Resilience Study, alongside regular engagement with stakeholders, are used to inform
policy decisions across the department, including relevant areas of post-pandemic
recovery planning. Monitoring of renters’ financial resilience through the study has
informed the additional £65 million of funding, announced in October, to support renters
with arrears recover from the impact of the pandemic.</p><p>The latest findings from
the Household Resilience Study Wave 3 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-resilience-study-wave-3"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-resilience-study-wave-3</a>.</p>
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