Cracking down on buy-to-leave investors and short-term lets and working with private landlords to develop fresh homes would be a good startWhoever Londoners vote in as their fresh mayor on Thursday will have the unenviable task of assembly the growing demand for housing – but tackling the scandal of the enormous number of empty homes would gain a major contribution.
Almost 57000 homes in London stand empty,according to the charity Empty Homes. Think of what that must feel like to Londoners struggling to access homes they need, as so many stand boarded up – often attracting antisocial behaviour and blighting communities.
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Source: theguardian.com