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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2026
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Action on empty homes has breakdowns:
Long-term empty homes
To be classed as ‘long-term empty’ a home has to be liable for council tax and to have been unfurnished and not lived in for over 6 months. This figure is increasing all the time, but as at October 2025, it was 303,143 - a rise of 14% on 2024 and over 50% up on 2016 - the year after the last national Empty Homes Programme ended.
More here: https://www.actiononemptyhomes.org/facts-and-figures
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Am I understanding that right as a minimum of 268k in this category? As ther rest are in Holiday Let's and
That's a good source, thank you for that. I just used the top one of my search.