The UK Loneliness Report 2026

A national study on loneliness and the role of shared living, based on responses from 3,000 people.

This report reveals how living situations drive isolation and gives you the evidence to show what quality shared housing actually addresses: affordability, housing supply, and a loneliness crisis affecting millions.

Shared living, when done right, can be part of the solution to today’s biggest challenges: the housing crisis and the loneliness epidemic

Vann Vogstad

Founder & CEO

What’s inside?

  • How loneliness affects people across the UK and what’s driving it

  • The role living situations play in isolation (and why it matters more than you think)

  • Why 63% of lonely people don’t talk about it and what that means

  • The financial cost of loneliness on individuals and the NHS

  • Evidence on how quality shared housing addresses affordability, housing supply, and connection

Whether you’re managing HMOs, speaking with councils, or making the case for shared living, this report gives you the data you need.

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