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Around the Web Week Commencing 22nd January

Around The Web
January 23, 2024

No home should be lying empty in a housing crisis | The National

In addition there are an estimated 46,000 homes in Scotland that have lain empty for six months or longer, according to the Scottish Empty Homes ...

Owners of long-term empty homes face double council tax hike - Property Industry Eye

... empty dwellings into new homes. “Londoners are in the grip of a housing crisis, and bringing unoccupied homes into use is part of the solution.

Empty houses in Herefordshire avoid extra council tax - for now | Hereford Times

... vacant homes and 515 second homes with no usual residents. Welsh local authorities have been able to charge double council tax on long-term empty ...

Shortage of New Homes Underpins Wales' HousingCrisis

... dwellings in Wales (8.2%) are unoccupied – some 120,000 properties. Of ... empty homes into use and managing the numbers of second and holiday homes.

New 'vacant property taskforce' to bring Wolverhampton's empty buildings back to life

The showcase heard about a range of schemes to bring new homes into the heart of Wolverhampton. "As well as the new schemes there are also roles for ...

'Drastic and far-reaching' housingcrisis laid bare as new study finds 693,000 Scottish ...

... empty homes back into use, but it is clear that the building of new homes must play a significant part,” he said. "As such, sufficient land must ...

Councils in England call for more powers to deal with empty homes - Financial Times

Local authorities turn to council tax, grants and even heir hunters to get vacant properties back in use.

Owners of empty homes to pay double council tax - The Negotiator Magazine

EMPTY DWELLINGS. It is estimated that in London alone there are 34,000 long-term empty dwellings, including more than 1,000 in Haringey. dana carlin.

Council takes action to bring empty properties back into use

The owners of long-term empty homes in Haringey will be forced to pay double their Council Tax bill one year earlier as part of action to help ..

More than 17000 dwellings in Gwynedd and Anglesey left empty - North Wales Chronicle

Numbers taken from the ONS census in 2021 found that there are 5,400 empty homes on Anglesey, and 12,110 in Gwynedd, making a total across the two ...

Map shows thousands of empty homes in Sussex - The Argus

Census data released by the Office for National Statistics shows 47,575 properties in the county were empty in 2021. Nearly 10,000 of them are in ...

More than 5000 dwellings in Conwy empty, figures show - North Wales Pioneer

Numbers taken from the ONS census in 2021 found that there are 5,750 empty homes across the county. Unoccupied dwellings are units of accommodation ...

Council tax hike for empty homes not enough, say Scottish Labour - Morning Star

“Taxing these properties properly and returning some of Scotland's long-term empty homes to the market would go a long way towards fixing this ...

More than 7000 dwellings in Denbighshire left empty - Rhyl Journal

Numbers taken from the ONS census in 2021 found that there are 7,780 empty homes across the county. Unoccupied dwellings are units of accommodation ...

15 grotty Leeds eyesores and derelict buildings that residents want to see tackled in 2024

There were hundreds of responses, from derelictoffice blocks to abandoned pubs and empty land. Some of the eyesores have been left to rot for years, ...