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Seaside resorts and holiday destinations risk becoming "dead towns" if money is not spent providing homes for people living and working in the local area, a charity warns.
Abandoned properties are on the rise. What can be done to bring them back into use?
Chris Bailey, national campaign manager at campaign group Action on Empty Homes, said communities are now being ‘hollowed out’ as they no longer have a year-round economy.
‘With a visitor economy you lose the availability of affordable housing for young people to start families,’ he said.
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Chris Bailey appeared on a ‘panel’ piece on BBC discussing how housing was a key election issue for voters. He explained the role of empty homes in the housing crisis.
Our data analysis and work appeared on Radio 4’s File on 4 show, Ghost Houses.
Simon Maybin investigates the phenomenon of empty homes and, over nine months, follows the work of someone trying to turn unused properties into homes for families among the record numbers who are now homeless.
