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Until I see actual statistics about empty houses, I consider this policy as a useful empty gesture. It's an opportunity for politicians to pretend that they are
by KKKKkkkk1 10y ago
Until I see actual statistics about empty houses, I consider this policy as a useful empty gesture. It's an opportunity for politicians to pretend that they are doing something about housing prices, while avoiding actually doing anything, and hence avoiding the unintended consequences.
- Tiktaalik 10y agoThere have been a number of studies using a variety of methodologies. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/vancouvers-empty-home-rates-have-almost-doubled-since-2001/article32530286/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/vancouv...
- jchrisa 10y agoIf I did the math right, there are 50 empty dwellings in England for every person sleeping on the streets. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/27/squatters-open-oligarchs-empty-london-property-as-homeless-shelter https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/27/squatters-op...
- omegaham 10y agoThe article looks at one empty building in London, but how many dwellings are in decent areas versus shitholes / the middle of nowhere? I doubt that all of them are Russian oligarch money havens. We can play similar games in the US with abandoned houses - there are probably enough abandoned homes in Gary, Indiana to house the entire US' homeless population. Said homes, unfortunately, happen to be in Gary. I don't know enough about England towns and cities to make a judgment, but it looks like The Guardian got their data from here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tab...