Importance of community

• World Kindness Day, celebrated annually in November, is a day to celebrate and promote kindness in all forms, uniting people in kindness globally.

• Helping and meeting people and making friends are important in forming communities, a key consideration for renters.

• Nearly two-thirds of renters consider the local community an important feature when searching for a property to rent and almost 1 in 4 would like to receive local community information.

• 71% of renters say a sense of community in the local area would influence their decision to stay longer, 48% would choose quicker and 7% are willing to pay more. Source: #Dataloft, Property Academy Renter Survey 2023.