Council issues update on derelict Preston orphanage as it gets tough over empty buildings
Long-awaited demolition work is due to begin in the new year to bring down buildingswithin the historic St. Joseph's Orphanage site in Preston ...
Ministry sets out compulsory purchase reforms - Fix Radio
Under the proposals, local authorities can take control of vacant and derelict land from landowners paying a 'fair' price rather than inflated 'hope ...
More than 300 empty homes brought back into use by council - BBC News
... properties standing empty for too long". It has been working to help propertyowners bring some back into use and has bought 81 of the homes ...
73% of empty homes in Scotland vacant for over a year - Inside Housing
The latest council tax data published by the Scottish government shows that 43538 properties in Scotland are empty, and 73% of these homes were ...
All levels of government must act to bring empty homes back into use - Scottish Greens
As a result, data released earlier this month showed that there were 21,606 second homes and 43,538 empty properties in Scotland. The data, using ...
MPs urge Government to address housing crisis by bringing empty homes back into use
This call follows a parliamentary roundtable, chaired by Paula Barker MP, which highlighted that these properties have remained vacant for over six ...
Scottish Government urged to bring empty homes back into use | The National
Data released earlier this month showed there were 43,538 empty properties across Scotland. Nearly three-quarters of these (73%) had been empty for ...
Isles have the highest level of inactive empty homes​ - Stornoway Gazette
According to the report, in every local authority area, economically inactive empty homes account for a larger number of total dwellings than ...
County has 40 empty homes on its books but is paying to put people in B&B | Local News
CLAIMS that Dorset Council has forty 'void' properties it owns at a time when homeless people are being put up in bed and breakfast are 'broadly ...
Council helps bring 12 empty homes back into use this year
The empty homes strategy aims to meet housing needs and lessen the impact of unoccupied homes on communities. Councillor Steve Davies, deputy leader ...
Push to bring empty space above shops in Reading into use as housing - Yahoo News UK
"Although there are some examples of empty properties above shops, in general there is a strong record of upper floor commercial premises being ...
Second homes lay empty in Cornwall amid housing crisis - MSN
A staggering 14,000 second homes 'sit empty' in Cornwall as locals struggle to buy a property or find a place to live.
'We'll be robust if we have to': Telford council takes action to bring hundreds of empty homes ...
Telford & Wrekin Council says it is ahead of its target to bring a minimum of 375 long term empty properties back into residential use by June 2026. A ...
Council set to transform seven empty homes in these areas of Burnley - MSN
They are located in Briercliffe Road, Fairbairn Avenue, Jubilee Street, Morley Street, Oxford Road and Whittaker Close in Burnley, and Dragon Street ...
'Unacceptable' empty homes could be targeted in council's tax rise plan - MSN
Council tax discounts and exemptions could be scrapped for those who own emptysecond homes in one part of Leicestershire.