Thursday, December 14, 2017

Vacant homes

More than 37,000 homes in Scotland have been left vacant for six months or longer in the past year, according to the latest official statistics.

As of September 2017, there were 1410 more homes left long-term vacant across Scotland than in 2016 - an increase of around 4% on 2016.

Homes are categorised as long-term vacant if they have been empty for at least six months.

These figures do not include second homes or properties with unoccupied exemptions for council tax.

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