Families in England left homeless despite 33,000 empty council homes

Tens of thousands of council houses are currently empty despite the country facing a national housing crisis.

There are 33,993 vacant council properties in England, the highest number since 2009. And Sky News can reveal more than 6,000 publicly-owned homes have been empty for over a year.

Sky's Becky Johnson speaks to Kwajo Tweneboa.

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