Just one in seven people renting out of choice 

Threshold said its survey found that 64% of tenants are renting because they cannot buy a home. Picture: Sam Boal/rollingenws.ie

Just one in seven people renting are doing so out of choice and people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are increasingly limited to live in house shares with other people, according to a new report.

Threshold, the housing charity, said more than half of the people they surveyed expect to have their own home by 2027, with tenancy insecurity the single biggest reason behind their desire to exit the rental market.