An investigation into council tax bases has uncovered a staggering number of properties in Birmingham that have been empty for over six months. With 6,402 empty homes, Birmingham tops the list of local authorities in England with the most unoccupied properties. Across England, a total of 269,395 properties have been found to be empty.
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00:00An investigation into council tax bases has uncovered a staggering number of properties
00:10in Birmingham that have been empty for over six months. With 6,402 empty homes, Birmingham
00:16tops the list of local authorities in England with the most unoccupied properties. Across
00:22England a total of 269,395 properties have been found to be empty. This raises questions
00:29about the utilisation of housing stock, especially when considering the current housing crisis.
00:35There are calls for local authorities to be granted more powers and resources to bring
00:39these empty properties back into use through programmes that add these homes to the council
00:44housing stock. Advocates have urged for a thorough investigation into solutions that
00:50can help alleviate the housing shortage and ensure more people have access to a home.
00:59For more information visit www.birmingham.gov.uk