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Reality Check: Can the government requisition homes? - BBC

Glasgow empty homes project saves £1m in VAT

loveMONEY 'election manifesto' promotes CPOs for empties

Bow Arts to make empty spaces come alive in Thamesmead

More of this please.

MP Barry Shearman flags up potential of empties

A rare example of an MP highlighting the issue of empty homes, emphasising the scandal of homelessness and the potential solutions offered by re-using vacant dwellings. This reveals the political backdrop to Kirklees MBC's strong stance on empty homes.

London empty homes map - Metro

Typically focuses on absolute numbers of 6-months-plus empties, rather than rates of LTEs as a percentage of total dwellings. Croydon, for example, is so big it is virtually a city in its own right. Fake news? But the colours are pretty and so is the way the…

Liverpool Metro Mayor focuses on empties

Sunderland to use Enforced Sale Procedure to tackle empties

Spanish empty homes issues - over 3 million empties

Michele Hanson: Bring back squatting!

Neither squatting nor any other approach to bringing empty property back into use is going to 'solve' the housing crisis. But getting empty property lived in would certainly help.

Housing crisis: more than 200,000 homes in England lie empty

Some interesting analysis, but in its rankings it focuses on absolute numbers rather than percentages of stock and so gives misleading indications of the relative problem in different areas. Seems to be based on a Property Partner report issued last Autumn…