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Who Lives In Build-To-Rent?

The Annual Who Lives in Build Rent identifies the demographics of the people who are renting in the BTR sector. Now in a fifth year, these reports shine a light on the diversity of people living in BTR.

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2025 Report

The annual Who Lives in Build to Rent? report, now in its 5th edition, emphasises the importance of a broad rental offering to cater to demand across the UK, especially as the wider PRS faces increasing supply pressures. The survey, the largest ever of the UK BTR sector, includes data from over 36,600 renters living in 26,454 homes across 97 Multifamily housing (MFH) developments, and almost 10,000 residents in 77 Single Family Housing (SFH) schemes.

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2024 Report

The ARL in partnership with the , and . In this sixth edition we have aggregated the largest ever dataset from providers of Build-to-Rent (BTR) and Single Family Housing (SFH), analysing data from 32,000 renters in BTR units (predominately urban multi-family flats) and an additional 9,000 renters in single family homes (predominantly houses).

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2023 Report

This report is the third in its series of London reports compiled with the British Property Federation, Dataloft and the United Kingdom Apartments Association (UKAA). With thanks to our Build-to-Rent sector providers who have contributed data and insight, the report offers a snapshot analysis of Build-to-Rent in London, looking at the typical resident demographics of those living in Build-to-Rent homes benchmarked against those in the private rented sector.

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2022 Report

‘Who lives in Build-to-Rent?’ report by the capital’s leading business campaign group London First, in partnership with British Property Federation (BPF), Dataloft, and UK Apartment Association (UKAA), highlights that Build-to-Rent also offers longer-term, secure accommodation with 95% of Build-to-rent schemes offering tenants a three-year lease and a further 10% of schemes offering longer. So far, 33,835 developments have been completed, and there are currently 15,299 Build-to-Rent developments under construction, with 40,544 in planning. 

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2021 Report

The UKAA in partnership with Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý are proud to publish the second iteration of the ‘Who Lives in Build To Rent?’ report, the largest-ever study of residents in Build To Rent across England. The study shows that  residents are much more representative of the wider private rented sector than is often perceived.

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