The housing association says this was done for health and safety reasons and to prevent squatters using the buildings. Over the same period, the number of long-term empty housing association properties has fallen significantly across England, from 19,590 to 11,462. She warns that without this extra investment many of the housing association homes in Kensington and Chelsea are potentially another Grenfell. Horden: Selling off the numbered streets netted £2.8m for housing associationFacebook Twitter Pinterest Streets of terrace houses in Horden were sold off by Accent Housing Association. In July 2015 [the housing association] had 144 empty properties and 74 tenanted properties, meanwhile Durham county council did nothing.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2017 06:22 UTC