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 publiclyowned homes have been empty for over a year.

Sky's Becky Johnson speaks to Kwajo Tweneboa.

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