Household: Tenure

Description

Identifies whether a person lives in a household that owns or rents the accommodation that it occupies. Owner-occupied accommodation can be: owned outright; with a mortgage or loan; or part-owned on a shared ownership scheme. Rented accommodation can be: private rented or social rented through a local council or housing association. This variable applies to all people living in households. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population living in communal establishments.

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A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Owner occupied: Owns outright 1
Owner occupied: Owns with a mortgage or loan 2
Shared ownership: Part-owns and part-rents 3
Social rented: Northern Ireland Housing Executive 4
Social rented: Housing association or charitable trust 5
Private rented: Private landlord 6
Private rented: Letting agency 7
Private rented: Employer of a household member 8
Private rented: Relative or friend of a household member 9
Private rented: Other 10
Lives rent free 11
No code required -8