On 24 May 2018 the MHCLG published dwelling stock estimates for England as at 31 March 2017.  There were: 23.9 million dwellings, an increase of 217,000 dwellings (0.92%) on the same point the previous year; and 15.1 million owner occupied dwellings, 4.8 million private rented dwellings and 4.0 million social and affordable rented dwellings (Private Registered Providers plus Local Authority).  Between March 2016 and March 2017, the owner occupied dwelling stock increased by 262,000 and the private rented stock decreased by 46,000. The social and affordable rented stock increased by 3,000 dwellings and the other public sector stock decreased by 1,000 dwellings. There were 605,891 vacant dwellings in England on 2 October 2017, an increase of 16,125 (2.7%) from 589,766 on 3 October 2016. Vacant dwellings are 2.5 per cent of the dwelling stock. Long-term vacant dwellings numbered 205,293 on 2 October 2017, an increase of 5,148 (2.6%) from 200,145 on 3 October 2016. Long-term vacant dwellings are 0.9 per cent of the dwelling stock. For the full statistics, click here. For tables showing the data by, for example, tenure and district, click here.