Tuesday, 30 July 2013

100,000 Unoccupied Homes across Yorkshire

The Housing Crisis is a political and social problem that has set the agenda for many a political debate over the last few years, and so it may surprise some readers in Yorkshire that a survey carried out by Endsleigh Insurance found that there are nearly 100,000 unoccupied yet perfectly habitable homes across Yorkshire and the Humber alone. On a wider scale, the UK as a whole has an astounding 693,920 habitable yet vacant homes, which amounts to £115 billion in locked away value, or in more palpable terms, more than 8% of Britain’s £1.4 trillion debt.  Read more on the propertyreporter website. 

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