Friday, July 24, 2009

Enough empty homes to house a whole country!

A truly mind boggling statistic. There are enough empty homes in the USA to house the whole UK population! And in case you thought that was shocking, we have enough empty homes in England alone to house the whole population of the Republic of Ireland.

3 comments:

  1. It would be interesting to see if the Empty Homes Agency model could apply to the US.

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  2. Stuart, there is an excellent organisation in the States that fills a similar role to the EHA here. Check them out, they are good. http://www.vacantproperties.org/

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