Most Empty Homes Are In The North

We are used to seeing stories about empty homes in London, particularly empty homes bought by wealthy investors who leave them unoccupied. But these sorts of empty properties are not the biggest issue. Research by the Empty Homes campaigning charity shows that London actually has the lowest proportion of in England with 0.56% of homes in the capital officially described as empty. That’s not to say there isn’t a problem with empty homes in the capital, but we need to be careful not to allow a London lens to distort the bigger picture. Download a copy of the research from the Empty Homes website.

http://www.emptyhomes.com/assets/ehe_2017_final.pdf