A group of leading housing sector organisations has called on the government to bring England’s hundreds of thousands of empty homes back into use to address the growing housing crisis.
More than one million homes in the country are estimated to be unoccupied, with more than 309,000 understood to be empty long term. Housing sector leaders, including Shelter, Big Issue and Resonance, have sent a letter to housing minister Matthew Pennycook urging the government to take action.
