“Thousands of London council homes left empty” – BBC

More than 6,000 council homes have been left unoccupied in London, figures from the 33 local authorities have shown.

Nearly a third were empty because they needed repairs and more than 2,300 have been without tenants for over a year.

Last year, there were more than 360,000 households on council waiting lists for new homes, or 11% of all households in London, the research found.

The details were obtained by BBC One’s The Politics Show London through Freedom of Information requests.

via BBC News