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Rowland Atkinson, Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield

The UK’s coastal ‘ghost enclaves’ are the result of government failure on low-use homes

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The UK has long been in the middle of a housing crisis. And yet, across the country, the number of low-use homes is growing.

Housing experts like ourselves use the term “low-use” to refer both to unoccupied properties and to infrequently used second homes.

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