Social housing providers own a total of 2,586,115 homes, according to the Home and Community Agency's (HCA) Statistical Data Return (SDR) which has been published for the first time. The data shows a 2.4% increase on the total for 2011 and comes from an annual survey completed by all Private Registered Providers (PRPs) in England, which includes data on size and type of home, location and rents over the year.Key findings from the SDR include:• 1.4% (26,156) of General Needs stock was va...