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Landaid offers £1million to bring empties back into use
Landaid, the property industry charity, is offering £1million in grant to support organisations bringing empty homes back into use for supported accommodation for young people. The organisation states: We are inviting applications from organisations with…
Locals call for CPO of empties in Wrexham
No more empty homes funding, says Lewis
This is a Written Answer to a question asked by one of the Kent MPs, who is aware of the achievements of the Kent No Use Empty Initiative. The government's lack of appetite for further empty homes funding has become apparent from a number of sources.
More on the Rossendale empty homes scheme
This is a further article in the Rossendale Free Press, which usefully lists previous stories at the end. However, we will need to wait for the final report . Much of what is appearing at the moment comes from a leaked draft of an audit report and we will…
Leaked report on the Rossendale empty homes scheme
The Lancashire Telegraph provides some details from a leaked report about the difficulties faced by the £5M+ Rossendale empty homes scheme which apparently implicates the previous Chief Executive in poor management and oversight of the project. The story is…
Leeds City Council and Credit Union team up to offer small loans for empty homes
Unsecured, interest-free loans of up to £5000 made available to owners of empty homes (subject to credit rating). Also reported on the Leeds City Council website at http://news.leeds.gov.uk/interest-free-loans-available-to-get-empty-homes-back-into-use
Through the Roof - Economist magazine takes a sober look at UK housing market
There is a short section on the over-hyped buy-to-leave phenomenon. Otherwise, the graph plotting 20-year international real house-price indexes is an eye-opener.
Agent offers empty homes to 20 ex-service personnel
A heart-warming tale of an estate agent (or letting agent?) using creative options to let 20 empty homes to ex-Service personnel. The agent posted on Facebook and has had 64k+ shares: https://www.facebook.com/paul.banning.96/posts/1030479710336530?pnref=story
Camarthenshire report reveals empty homes successes
Long term empty properties successfully fall in Barking and Dagenham
Empty homes to help solve housing crisis - BBC news item
This BBC news item features Leeds Empty Homes Doctor Gill Coupland, Helen Willaims (Chief Exec, EHA) and a community-led housing project.
Is this the solution to Japan's glut of empty homes? - FT story
1st May
'Scandal': Empty homes in London at their highest level since 2010 | Evening StandardMore than 34000 homes across the capital are 'long-term vacant', according to the latest available data.New policy to bring nearly 500 empty homes back…