More Than 6,000 Empty Council Homes in London

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed that more than 6,000 council homes have been left unoccupied in London. The figures, drawn from 33 local authorities, were obtained by BBC One's the Politics Show London. It revealed 6,249 properties were currently unoccupied in London. Its report revealed that nearly a third were empty because they needed repairs and more than 2,300 have been without tenants for over a year. The BBC research found that last year, there were more than 360,000 households on council waiting lists for new homes; 11% of all households in London. Read more on 24dash.