{"id":11964,"date":"2016-05-04T18:46:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-next-london-mayor-must-tackle-the-scandal-of-empty-homes-david-smith\/"},"modified":"2016-05-04T19:12:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T12:12:44","slug":"the-next-london-mayor-must-tackle-the-scandal-of-empty-homes-david-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-next-london-mayor-must-tackle-the-scandal-of-empty-homes-david-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"The next London mayor must tackle the scandal of empty homes | David Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCracking down on buy-to-leave investors and short-term lets and working with private landlords to develop new homes would be a good startWhoever Londoners vote in as their new mayor on Thursday will have the unenviable task of meeting the growing demand for housing \u2013 but tackling the scandal of the huge number of empty homes would make a major contribution.Almost 57,000 homes in London stand empty, according to the charity Empty Homes. Think of what that must feel like to Londoners struggling to access homes they need, as so many stand boarded up \u2013 often attracting antisocial behaviour and blighting communities. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Cracking down on buy-to-leave investors and short-term lets and working with private landlords to develop...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-36Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2063,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/zac-goldsmith-as-mayor-of-london-i-will-provide-homes-for-londoners-better-transport-and-safer-streets\/","url_meta":{"origin":11964,"position":0},"title":"Zac Goldsmith: As Mayor of London I will provide homes for Londoners, better transport and safer streets","date":"January 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Tory London mayoral candidate outlines his plans for London. 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