Lewisham's Empty Homes Team should know how many empty properties have been reported to the council.

http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/pl...rties.aspx

Anyone want to e-mail Nick Long (nick.long@lewisham.gov.uk) and ask him?

This report (http://reportemptyhomes.com/reports - date unknown) states that Lewisham has 65 reports of empty properties, and 20 properties that have been returned to use.

The trouble with national figures is that people aren't distributed evenly throughout the country, so while there may be a glut of empty houses in parts of Wales/north-east England/wherever, that's no help when there's a housing shortage in and around large cities elsewhere.