More than 200 West Dunbartonshire council homes lying empty in need of repair

📆 8/25/2023 6:45 PM
📰 Glasgow_Live

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The number has fallen sharply from 425 in November last year, but is still higher than pre-covid levels which were below 150 at any given time.

The number of empty West Dunbartonshire Council has dropped significantly in the last year despite previous concerns that the numbers were rising.

By August 2023 however there were 227 empty properties referred to the council's building services for repair.The local authority previously carried out a review on the number of empty properties some of which required “significant levels of work” which could not be completed during lockdown due to social distancing guidelines.

Between August 2022 and July 2023 there were a total of 762 homes referred to the council’s building services for repair.

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