The number of empty homes in the UK is at its highest level for 20 years, calling into question whether the countryside needs to be concreted over for new developments. The Housing White Paper will target car parks near railway stations for new homes, reserve sites for new prefab homes and force developers to build homes more quickly on sites with planning permission. Analysis of Government figures shows that there are more than one million additional homes above those required for households in the UK. This "housing surplus" has nearly doubled from 800,000 spare homes in 1996 to 1.4million homes at any one time in 2014. Read more on the Daily Telegraph.
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