A council home which has been sitting empty for around two years will finally be put back into use. Complaints from a neighbour have led to the council making repairs to the proerty and a new family are expected to move in this month.
Neighbours had noticed the Greenbank property was empty during the start of the pandemic in 2020 but were unaware the house was owned by Bristol City Council as most homes in the area are privately owned. One local resident, who did not wish to be named but works for a housing charity and walks past the house daily, said the last time he had seen anyone entering the property was before the first lockdown.
He said he had written to the council about the property several months ago. The concerned neighbour said he finds it "particularly distasteful" that the property had been left empty for so long because of the all families facing homelessness he has to deal with on a daily basis as part of his job role.
