This new report, supported by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), is based on data from the Carers UK 2024 State of Caring survey, and highlights some of the challenges faced by unpaid carers in relation to housing.

• Just over a fifth of carers (21%) said they are struggling to afford their rent or mortgage payments. 38% said they were worried about increases to their rent or mortgage payments.
  
  
• Carers who were renting their home were much more likely to be struggling financially than carers who own their home. 73% of carers who are renting are worried about living costs and how they can manage in the future compared with 56% of carers who own their own home.
  
  
• A third of carers (33%) said they were worried about their future housing situation if their caring role comes to an end.
  
  
• 42% of carers said they are struggling to afford the cost of household repairs (eg dealing with damp, drafty windows or doors, broken windows, fixing plumbing).
  
  
• 53% said they wanted to move into a property better suited to their needs but cannot afford to do this.