# Three in ten Brits struggle to afford essential furniture for their homes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/three-in-ten-brits-struggle-to-afford-essential-furniture-for-their-homes/
- Published: 2026-11-06T14:41:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T15:41:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2263909/three-10-brits-struggle-afford
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Three in ten adults have lacked essential furniture because of cost.
- Some respondents have slept on the floor or without a bed frame.
- BBC Children in Need provides essential household items to families.

## Summary

A DFS survey of 2,000 adults found that three in ten have gone without essential furniture because they could not afford it. The findings highlight how furniture poverty can affect everyday life for families and children, while often remaining hidden because people feel embarrassed to talk about it.

More than half of respondents had eaten without a table, 37% had slept on a mattress without a bed frame and 21% had slept on the floor. A quarter had continued using broken or unsafe furniture; three quarters had not heard the term “furniture poverty”. DFS has partnered with BBC Children in Need since 2013, raising more than £8 million, and its Emergency Essentials programme provides household items to families in need.

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