Housing Essay: A fairy tale of two south London councils – one has 700 empty homes, the other has filled 640 empty homes in less than two years

Once upon a time there were two Labour-controlled councils in south London. Both faced huge financial problems because of the collapse of their own house building companies, formed in politically-instigated moves because the wicked Conservative government would not remove a Government cap on borrowing to build council housing.  Eventually the Government changed their minds and …