okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 22 days agoWhy are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up?www.bigissue.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkWhy are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up?www.bigissue.comokwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareDaniel Quinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoThose are reasons why it’s not being addressed effectively, not why the problem exists in the first place. Are these homes bought for investment that can’t sell for the amounts the owners want? Were they inherited and being held unsold due to being tied up legally? Are they unsuitable for human habitation, either because of neglect or changing regulation? Are they simply temporarily empty due to “housing purchase chain” problems? Is the market undervalued? Has some rich supervillain bought up a few million homes just because he hates poor people that much? The article proposes a question and then fails to answer it.
Those are reasons why it’s not being addressed effectively, not why the problem exists in the first place.
The article proposes a question and then fails to answer it.