The Empty Homes charity has found that 83% of British adults believe the Government should place a higher priority on tackling empty homes, an increase from 78% from two years ago.
The charity also found that 39% say that empty homes are a blight on their local area and 76% believe their local authority should place a higher priority on tackling the issue. It said a popular solution was for the Government to fund either local authorities or charities to buy and repair long-term empty homes to rent or sell to people in housing need.
The charity is calling on the Government to adopt a new empty homes strategy to ensure that more affordable housing can be created from empty properties.
