Nearly 1,000 houses in Portsmouth left empty for more than six months in 'shocking' statistics
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Data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) shows at least 961 homes liable for council tax in Portsmouth had been unoccupied for at least six months at the most recent count in October.
Chris Bailey, national campaign manager for Action on Empty Homes, said: ‘After more than a decade of intense housing crisis it is shocking to see long-term empty homes in England rise to 250,000.
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Hide Ad‘A new national empty homes programme is long overdue – the government needs to step up to the plate and offer funding and incentives to get these homes back into use.’ DLUHC figures show 195 households in the city are in temporary accommodation.
A spokesperson said the government is ‘taking action to get empty homes back into use’.