Ask most people about England’s epidemic of empty homes
and they are likely to think of lavish vacant mansions in London owned by
absent foreign billionaires. In fact, the majority of empty properties are in post-industrial
areas, where poverty rates are high and house prices languish well below their
pre-crash levels. With new house building not providing enough affordable homes
for more than 1 million people on waiting lists in England, social enterprises
and councils are trying to bring empty homes, which number well over 200,000
and are worth almost £50bn, back into occupancy. Read more on the Guardian
website.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/25/england-has-more-than-200000-empty-homes-how-to-revive-them
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