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Put empty homes up for sale – IPPR
by Lamiat Sabin
THE housing crisis could be eased by forcing almost a quarter of a million empty homes back on to the market, a leading think tank said yesterday.
While at least 1.4 million people languish on social housing waiting lists, 218,000 properties in England have lain unoccupied for longer than six months, according to IPPR North.
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