"Figure 6: In Scotland and England social housing vacancy rates have been falling, compared with Wales where they have remained relatively constant","" "Vacancy rate of local authority owned homes across England, Scotland and Wales, 2008 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Vacancy is recorded as of 1 April in England and 31 March in Scotland and Wales. 2. Vacancy rate is the number of properties vacant divided by the total number of properties owned." "Unit","Percentage of homes" "","" "Year","England","Scotland","Wales" "2008","2.0","2.8","1.8" "2009","1.9","2.8","2.1" "2010","1.7","3.0","2.1" "2011","1.6","2.4","1.6" "2012","1.5","2.5","1.6" "2013","1.6","2.2","1.8" "2014","1.6","2.1","1.8" "2015","1.7","2.1","1.8" "2016","1.5","2.0","1.9" "2017","1.4","2.0","1.6" "2018","1.5","2.3","1.8"