Monday 10 October 2011

Empty homes: help us make a difference | Money | guardian.co.uk

Empty homes: help us make a difference | Money | guardian.co.uk

We're always being told the UK is suffering a housing shortage. According to Shelter, about 1.8 million households are on waiting lists for housing, and the mothballing of building projects during the recession could lead to further problems in the future. Yet, according to the Empty Homes Agency, up to 920,000 properties could be lying empty across the country. Estimates for the number of long-term empty homes are in the hundreds of thousands.

The issue of empty homes is a hot topic at the moment. In recent weeks, councils and MPs have been talking about ways to bring them back into use, and in December Channel 4 will be launching a campaign to fill some of those properties.

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