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George Clarke and THE GREAT BRITISH PROPERTY SCANDAL
This December, Channel 4 airs The Great British Property Scandal season; a series of programmes to investigate Britain’s current housing crisis and highlight possible solutions. Almost two million British families are currently on the waiting lists for social housing, and thousands live in unsuitable temporary accommodation or are struggling with soaring rent payments. Meanwhile, one million properties lie empty across the UK, even though many cost huge amounts to keep secure - a bill often footed by taxpayers.
The season will be fronted by some of Channel 4’s best known faces including architect and campaigner George Clarke.
George cares passionately about the scandal of Britain's empty homes. He was born and raised in Sunderland in the North East of England, and got the idea for his current series when he noticed the number of homes that seemed to be standing empty year after year. Once he started to dig deeper, he realised that right across Britain there's a chronic empty homes problem - and that he could be the person to do something about it.
After studying architecture at the University of Newcastle and University College London, he started his own practice with business partner Bobby Desai and together they were responsible for a number of residential and urban design projects across the world. In 2011 he set up his new company George Clarke + Partners.
For more information please visit the website: www.channel4.com/propertyscandal
