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Housing officers are working to engage with tenants in a bid to cut the numbers of empty council homes trashed and abandoned. ‌

Housing officer Jennifer Benson told councillors that “ negative tenancy ends” often result in homes needing major repairs before they can be re-let. ‌

Last year the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed that the majority of empty homes were left in squalid conditions, classed as Category C, needing £10,500 of repairs. ‌

Questions on empty or void homes top most councillors’ mailboxes as constituents see homes sitting empty for long periods at a time when the waiting list is around 11,000. READ MORE : Double UK wide win for West Lothian Leisure at UK Active Awards

In Livingston South ward there were 31 void homes as at 1 October, the

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