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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Greg Pitcher

With rents at record high, and a chronic shelter shortage, why are so many London homes left empty?

Campaigners and politicians have hit out at the growing number of empty London homes languishing vacant while so many struggle to find affordable — or any — accommodation.

Analysis of latest Council Tax data published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities showed 34,327 vacant residences in the capital in March 2022 — an increase of five per cent in a year.

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