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HUNDREDS of houses in Basildon lie empty as campaigners insist they should be used to curb a housing crisis. Action on Empty Homes, a campaign group, analysed figures from the Ministry of Housing and found 634 homes in Basildon were not in use, up a massive 516 from the year before. Of these, 494 were long-term vacancies, unoccupied for at least six months, and 140 were second homes. This means one in every 125 homes in Basildon were out of use – one of the lowest rates across England. There were 268,000 long-term empty homes across the country, 19 per cent more than the previous ...

MORE than 1,000 empty houses in Blackburn with Darwen should be used to help solve the national housing crisis, campaigners argue.

The Cotswolds has one of the highest rates of empty houses in England, which campaigners argue should be used to help solve the national housing…

Submitting... Of these, 883 were long-term vacancies, unoccupied for at least six months, and 206 were second homes. This means one in every 91 homes in Northampton were out of use – though this was below the average of one in 47 across England. There were 268,000 long-term empty homes across the country – 19% more than the previous October, the biggest annual increase since current records began in 2004. A further 263,000 are classed as second homes which are not in residential use long-term, and are not charged extra council tax when they are unused. Action on Empty Homes said that the ...

South Lakeland has one of the highest rates of empty houses in England, which campaigners argue should be used to help solve the national housing…