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Orkney Islands challenge for new Empty Homes Officer
London Assembly Housing Committee investigates property guardianship
The inquiry started in May and is scheduled to finish in December 2017. The thumbnail sketch on the website states:What is Property Guardianship? Who does it benefit and how does it work? The London Assembly Housing Committee is investigating the role of…
Councils 'must do more' on empties - Scotsman
This and various other news stories seem to be responding to the 2016-17 Annual Report from Shelter on the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership. This is not yet available on the SEHP website. Mention is made of a yougov poll. One was reported in July 2016 and it…
Scottish councils urged to invest in empty homes or miss out on benefits
See previous link for background.
Copeland residents asked to identify empty homes
New Croydon MP criticizes Barwell's record on empty homes
Sarah Jones, who ousted Gavin Barwell at the General Election, singles out empty homes as an issue where her predecessor as MP could easily have done more as Housing Minister, but failed to do so. She also claims that the number of empties in Croydon has…
West Norfolk to lobby for EHP at 12 months
Comment: Why did people reject Corbyn’s call to take empty homes for the Grenfell victims?
Article in the Ham and High property section.
Liverpool: Welsh Streets masterplan approved - BBC
The Liverpool Echo story on this also includes some aerial visual footage of the Welsh Streets. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/how-liverpool-welsh-streets-could-13223911
Look for the lights? Timelapse which revealed Chalcots housing divide - Camden New Journal
Buy-to-leave or second homes - either way, not a great use of property in an era of acute housing need.
MoD spends £44m a year renting empty homes across the UK - Express
The religion of property is to blame for the deaths of those at Grenfell
A robustly political analysis.
Using empty luxury homes to house Grenfell Tower victims is a no brainer - The Conversation
In this case, it is so much of a no-brainer that the author doesn't make much attempt to justify his statement, but he does lay out the wider landscape and discusses the issue of 'occupation' and squatting in the context of direct action around…