Studies have suggested England has some of the smallest housing in Europe, and that shrinking space is limiting people's...
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Jeremy Corbyn has renewed calls for empty homes to be taken over by the Government to house victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Labour leader also criticised the official response to the tragedy, saying people should have been offered immediate accommodation similar to travellers who are offered hotels when their planes are delayed.
He urged the Government to consider requisitioning or using compulsory purchase orders for flats that are deliberately kept vacant, in a process known as land-banking.
Mr Corbyn told ITV's Peston on Sunday: "Occupy it, compulsory purchase it, requisition it - there's a lot of things you can do.
England
has some of the smallest housing in Europe, and that shrinking space is
limiting people's routine activities at home, including socialising,
home study or work and storing personal belongings.
In
1920, the average semi-detached new-build had four bedrooms and
measured 1,647 sq ft. Today's equivalent has three bedrooms and is 925
sq ft. Typical new terrace houses have shrunk from 1,020 sq ft and three
bedrooms, to 645 sq ft and two bedrooms.
Work in boxes, live in boxes - time to think outside the box!
England
has some of the smallest housing in Europe, and that shrinking space is
limiting people's routine activities at home, including socialising,
home study or work and storing personal belongings.
In
1920, the average semi-detached new-build had four bedrooms and
measured 1,647 sq ft. Today's equivalent has three bedrooms and is 925
sq ft. Typical new terrace houses have shrunk from 1,020 sq ft and three
bedrooms, to 645 sq ft and two bedrooms.
Work in boxes, live in boxes - time to think outside the box!
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