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The Empty Housing Scandal
2019 · TV series · documentary · 1 season
Despite Britain being deep in a multi-faceted housing crisis over 200,000 properties stand empty. Matt Allwright travels around England to tell the stories of some of them and of plans to bring them back into use.
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> You want me to look up your vague unspecific conspiracy theory?
Yes I do, doesn't take a genius. Do you even live in the UK? I've been nice and even included the search for you.
https://www.google.com/search?q=housing+scandels+2019+uk+flooded+land
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9764140/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/13/profits-from-poverty-britains-housing-scandal-providers-make-millions
https://www.councilhousescandal.co.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46279048
And for real experience, I lived next to a field that was repurposed for housing development and because the "deed" was lost, ie owner paid off by housing development company, it is now all houses.
Not forgetting the case of the local council selling off the library of my town to another housing development.