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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Council wants to seize homes empty for over six months as thousands in central London revealed to be unoccupied

A London council said it wants to seize control of homes empty for more than six months after it was revealed thousands of properties in the centre of the city are unoccupied.

Westminster council said it is spending £140million on temporary accommodation for homeless families while at least 11,000 properties in the borough sit completely empty.

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