Who owns the empty homes?  
Region Total empty homes Percentage of homes empty Local Council2 Housing Association2 Other public body2 Private Landlord2 Private homes empty more than 6 months Low Demand Dwellings Number of properties brought back into use (2004/5)
North East 42,190 3.70% 4,462 4,428 925 33,845 19,674 60,153 1,532
Yorkshire & the Humber 76,154 3.40% 6,142 3,875 414 65,723 36,326 86,301 2,607
East Midlands 59,222 3.14% 4,294 1,943 609 53,778 24,531 14,838 1,072
East of England 61,252 2.53% 3,105 2,612 1,050 57,460 26,996 3,250 748
London 84,205 2.62% 10,107 6,481 1,145 69,485 27,792 4,580 7,479
South East 84,562 2.39% 3,095 3,921 1,296 80,912 33,693 5,503 2,009
South West 50,492 1.83% 1,778 1,774 837 53,056 19,550 1,797 1,458
West Midlands 78,835 3.43% 3,839 5,681 176 69,463 38,056 100,796 1,083
North West 126,416 4.13% 6,295 10,469 920 109,765 63,606 254,172 3,081
ENGLAND 663,328 3.06% 43,117 41184 7,372 593,487 290,224 619,568 21,069

*   
Figures in italics are based on incomplete figures provided by local authorities
and are, therefore, lower than actual totals

Regional totals as supplied by ODPM may differ from individual boroughs due to additional cross-referencing with other bodies such as Government departments and the Housing Corporation

Regional totals have been grossed for missing values

 

Notes:

1  Each year the Department of Transport, Local Governments and the Regions collects data on the number of empty homes from each local authority in England and from other Government departments and bodies

2   'Local council' is the local authority, e.g. borough council, district council, metropolitan borough council; 'housing associations' are organisations which provide social housing; 'other public body' refers to Government departments and organisations such as the NHS, Highways Agency, Ministry of Defence, etc; 'private landlords' can be individuals or private developers