The Empty Homes Network are delighted to share their involvement in a short empty homes segment on the BBC’s Morning Live programme, broadcast on Tuesday 14th January.Exploring the scale of empty homes, as well as how companies like YouSpotProperty and…
A cross-party group of MPs, Peers and housing organisations has written to the housing minister to call for urgent action to bring over a quarter of a million long term empty homes back into use.Following a recent parliamentary roundtable on empty homes…
More and more councils are looking into a significant untapped council tax resource in their list of empties – properties benefiting from council tax exemptions when they shouldn’t be. A great example is exemption “F”. There’s a three-limb test for…
The Council Taxbase, reporting the annual statistical data on empty and unoccupied homes, has been released for 2024.The annual release of council tax statistics charts the data of all local authorities across England and includes information on the number of…
We pleased to share the release of the Empty Homes Network’s training and events calendar for 2025.The Empty Homes Network provides courses for all experience levels and across a range of topics, from our ‘Introduction to Empty Homes for Practitioners’ course…
Property Auctions: A New Era of Maximising Efficiency and ValueIn the UK, many properties come with unique challenges: outdated interiors, structural issues, overgrown gardens, and sometimes decades of deferred maintenance. But where most see complications…
The Empty Homes Network are excited to announce the details for the National Conference 2025.To be held on Wednesday 21st May and returning to The Studio, Birmingham, our 2025 Conference will again deliver a wide variety of informative and interesting…
The recent media interest surrounding empty homes continues to gather pace, with the work done by No Use Empty: Kent featuring in a segment of last night’s The One Show programme on BBC1.Highlighting the work that the scheme continues to do to bring empty…
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced empty homes officer to utilise their skills and capacity, working to assist Empty Property Hunters in their aims of bringing empty homes back into use. Following up on leads submitted by the public, the…
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced empty homes officer to utilise their skills and capacity, working to assist Empty Property Hunters in their aims of bringing empty homes back into use. Following up on leads submitted by the public, the…
Changes to the Empty Homes Premium, and Second Homes Premium proposed by Central Government have been approved, and are set to come into force with effect from the 1st November 2024.After a period of consultation and the subsequent change of government, the…
Finders International are hosting FREE Training Day for Empty Home Officers and those working in association with empty properties, for those based in and around Manchester. Sign up now for the upcoming Empty Homes Training Day taking place at the Pendulum…
As we approach the summer holiday season, planning for the second half of the year couldn’t be easier, with a number of places on our training courses and webinars still up for grabs!With FREE webinars such as Finders International’s discussion with Rebecca…
Produced by Simon Maybin and available on BBC Sounds, the work of Empty Homes Officers and the issue of homelessness has been highlighted in a newly released podcast episode by BBC File on Four.Featuring Neil Tonge from Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, the…
