There are almost three times as many empty homes in London as homeless people

The GLA have just released their empty homes audit. Here’s an interesting comparison.

Number of homes in London which have been empty for more than 12 months: 11,687 (2009-2010 data)
Number of people counted sleeping rough in London: 3,975 (2010-11 data)

Obviously it’s not as simple as putting the rough sleepers in the empty houses. Neither rough sleeping nor empty houses work like that. But the point remains. Things are a bit fucked up.

GLA London Empty Homes Audit
Broadway London Street to Home Report

By Mike Pollitt
11:02 AM