London: Number of empty homes at highest level since 2010

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Southwark had the most empty properties, followed by Newham and Barnet.

She said the government could alleviate the issue by providing the mayor with more funding to expand the Right-to-buy-Back scheme, which aims to increase the number of homes in public ownership.Conservative AM Andrew Boff said London's mayor had “completely failed to tackle the housing crisis".

"[The] statistics show that the number of long-term empty homes is rising across the country, while the rate of empty homes is lower in London than the rest of England," they said.The government said councils had the powers needed to address the issue.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

 

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