Carlisle City Council plans to build more affordable homes in the district - News and Star How do we increase affordable housing in Thanet? - Isle of Thanet News Derelict houses left to rot since 1999 will be compulsory purchased by Sheffield Council - The Star Empty Hull homes remaining unused as rich London investors snap them up - Hull Daily Mail Couple renovate ‘near-derelict’ 1930s house after winning £1million on a scratchcard - Metro.co.uk Fish Quay fire: Huge blaze at derelict building in North Shields being treated as arson - Chronicle Live Chorley building stood empty for 17 years will be demolished and what is coming in its place - Lancashire Live Cornwall Council planning crackdown on former council homes being used as holiday lets - Itv.com Sunderland leaders back innovative new ways of dealing with empty properties - Sunderland Echo The central London ghost town where properties sell for under £1m but a third of them are sitting empty - My London Aberdeen approves new empty homes compulsory purchase policy - Scottish Housing News Welsh Government needs to tackle 25,701 empty homes - PropertyMark FEATURE: Empty homes and homelessness – state of the property market - Nantwich News Owners could be forced to sell up as council approves empty housing policy - Press and Journal