Find more posts

Around the Web Week Commencing 16th December

Around The Web
December 17, 2024

Empty homes in Forest of Dean face higher council tax premiums - BBC News

Higher tax rates for empty houses and second homes. A green and white sign for the Forest of Dean District Council stands under blue skies ...

Are councils profiteering from landlords struggling to sell empty properties? - Property118

An Empty Dwellings Bill to protect owners of homes that are genuinely on the market for rent or sale so that the premium is not used to penalise ...

Stockport Council urged by Shelter to reduce empty home numbers - BBC News

Urgent action should be taken to prevent hundreds of homes from sitting empty for years, a housing charity said.

Hundreds of homes sitting empty in Stockport despite 12-year housing wait - Manchester ...

Hundreds of homes in Stockport are sitting empty despite a 12-year wait for social housing. Across the borough, 263 properties were left empty ...

Empty and Second Homes in September 2024 - gov.scot - The Scottish Government

In Scotland there are 21606 second homes and 43538 properties empty for more than 6 months.

Huge council tax hike passed for empty houses and second homes in the Forest of Dean

Up to 200 per cent for those empty between five and ten years and a 100 per cent increase for properties empty for more than a year. Second homes ...

Homes left empty for a year to see council tax double in part of Cambs to 'help ease housing crisis'

Currently the owners of empty homes in Huntingdonshire only have to start paying extra council tax after the property has been empty for two years, at ...

Kingston has the highest rise in empty homes across all London boroughs

Kingston upon Thames has seen a drastic increase in the number of empty homes, with almost 2000 properties in the borough left vacant.

Council's 'target list' of derelict but prominent city buildingsneeding improvement

Some of Newport's long-standing “vacant and derelict” properties are being targeted by the council in a bid to improve the city's appearance.

Plea to tackle derelict empty buildings in County Durham | The Northern Echo

Councillors clashed over a plea to establish a cross-party working group and create an empty buildings strategy to prevent derelict buildings from ...

Homes left empty for a year to see council tax double in part of Cambs to 'help ease housing crisis'

Currently the owners of empty homes in Huntingdonshire only have to start paying extra council tax after the property has been empty for two years, at ...