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January 20, 2026

Welsh council to force sale of empty homes to ease housing pressures | Wales Online

Long-term empty properties in Pembrokeshire are currently charged a premium council tax rate of 300 per cent and now the council can also make ...

Council unveils 'enforced sale' policy on vacant properties in tourist hotspot - Daily Mail

Pembrokeshire County Council voted last night to approve the enforced sale of homes that have been empty for more than 12 months and have no ...

Debunking the empty homes myth | Christopher Worrall | The Critic Magazine

By people treating houses like bank deposit boxes. If only we banned the buyers, punished the hoarders, and liberated the empty homes, affordability ...

Welsh council will force homeowners to sell empty properties | This is Money

Owners of properties left empty in a popular Welsh tourist spot will be forced by the council to sell up in a new scheme, it has emerged.

Brighton residents react to council's housing scheme - The Argus

Readers shared their thoughts and reactions to the council's plan to use vacant council homes to tackle growing homelessness pressures.

Council confirms 100% premium on empty properties - Nation.Cymru

A south Wales council has confirmed the amount of of extra council tax which will be charged on long term empty homes and second homes for next year.

Scheme to ease increasing pressures of temporary accommodation - Brighton & Hove City Council

We're introducing a short-term scheme to use empty council homes to improve support for homeless households and ease increasing costs of temporary ...

Wiltshire Council 'disappointed' over second homes plan fail - BBC News

Around 1,300 homes in the county are classed as second homes. Cabinet member ... More on this story. Long-term empty homes at highest for 13 years.

Homes on Lambeth 'regeneration' estates lie empty for a year and a half on average as ...

Council properties sitting empty for years while nearly 5,000 families are in temporary accommodation and just under 40,000 households are waiting for ...

Higher council tax rates for long term empty homes to continue in Welsh county

Vale of Glamorgan Council voted to continue with council tax premiums on long term empty homes and second homes with some exceptions.

Hundreds of empty Bradford homes at risk of decay, says report - BBC News

'Compulsory purchase'. The assessment takes into account the time the property has stood empty, the impact on surrounding properties, nuisance, the ...

Council to offer £50k for decades‑empty Kegworth home - BBC News

The property at 65 Station Road, in Kegworth, Leicestershire, is understood to have been empty for more than 24 years and has "fallen into disrepair".

Inside the derelict Camden mews house just sold at auction for £976k - MSN

If there was ever a property to make you despair about the state of London's housing market, this is it. 75 Camden Mews has collapsed ceilings, ...

Abandoned Kegworth home that's driving neighbours 'mad' could be sold for ... - Leicester Mercury

... abandoned property that has caused misery for people living nearby. ‌. The property, located at 65 Station Road, Kegworth, has been abandoned for ...

Couple make 'cheeky bid' on abandoned house and left stunned by what's inside

Sadly, the previous owners had fallen ill and the property had been empty for at least a couple of years. ... old caravan abandoned outside. 'I ...

The celebrity mansions and TV sets left to rot: How James Corden's £8.5M Oxfordshire pile ...

The property abandoned in 1999 was eventually demolished after becoming a graffiti target for local vandals ... It sat derelict for years but Land ...

Derelict listed building in Brontë country could become escape room - Yorkshire Post

The planning application says: “The property lies within the Haworth Conservation Area (designated 1971), renowned for its strong historic and ...

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