London councils told to acquire empty homes to help solve housing crisis

London councils told to acquire empty homes to help solve housing crisis

The number of unoccupied dwellings in London has increased by 81 per cent since 2016, when Sir Sadiq Khan took office

Number of empty homes in London up 81% in a decade as City Hall urged to intervene

Last year there were 105,138 empty homes in London, representing 2.7% of the total number of dwellings, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter An empty home and (inset) Sam Bloomer from Shelter speaks at the London Assembly The number of empty homes in London must be reduced to solve the capital’s wider housing crisis, the London Assembly has been told. In 2025, there were 105,138 empty homes in London – 2.7% of the total number of home…