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 Number of properties brought back into use (2006/7)
North East 43,686 3.76% 4,311 3,826 949 34,600 17,960 3,039
Yorkshire & the Humber 78,850 3.49% 5,777 3,809 327 68,937 36,401 4,031
East Midlands 63,308 3.33% 3,962 2,216 601 56,529 26,498 1,116
East of England 61,028 2.50% 2,496 2,648 1,035 54,849 26,244 1,783
London 83,576 2.57% 9,846 5,506 786 67,438 27,437 9,498
South East 83,745 2.35% 3,075 4,328 1,285 75,057 31,855 2,826
South West 57,603 2.50% 1,847 1,588 818 53,350 20,365 2,394
West Midlands 72,135 3.11% 3,208 4,647 174 64,106 31,071 1,651
North West 128,993 4.18% 6,441 9,610 579 112,363 61,450 3,683
ENGLAND 672,924 3.02% 40,963 38,178 6,554 587,229 279,281 30,021

*   
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