It’s the Empty Homes Awards season, and we are very grateful to energy supplier E.ON for providing the launch-pad this year. E.ON is sponsoring both the Awards Ceremony at the forthcoming Empty Homes Conference on the 18th October and also this year’s Innovation Award.
E.ON’s sponsorship reflects an exciting new initiative: it is investing in three pilot schemes across the UK and is looking for Local Authorities with an appetite to proactively tackle their empty homes problem in an innovative and effective way.
Andrew Angus, E.ON Housing Solutions Manager, told us:
“We’ve developed a holistic, cooperative, community-focused approach, which provides...
Can you help production company Two Four source interesting empty homes projects to highlight in a forthcoming series for the...
Preparations are well in hand for the national Empty Homes Conference to be held in Birmingham on Thursday, 18th October....
The campaigning charity Empty Homes (previously the Empty Homes Agency and soon to be 'Action on Empty Homes') has initiated...
New Homes Bonus seems set to be discontinued after 2019-20, based on statements in the government's latest Technical Consultation on the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2019-20.
Next year, too, the threshold for growth in housing stock above which NHB becomes payable is set to be increased beyond the 0.4% figure (in band D equivalents) used for 2017-18 performance. This will hit authorities with lower housing growth even harder and means that many will probably receive nothing for their 2018-19 delivery, beyond what is received for additions to the stock of affordable housing. Authorities with lower demand and higher numbers...
The House of Lords has inserted an amendment into the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings)...
Recently-appointed Dominic Raab has been replaced as Minister of State for Housing by Kit Malthouse, now the eighth minister to...
The government has launched a £163 million fund to support community-led affordable housing. The scheme is being administered by Homes...
A major report published by Anglia Research reveals a considerable amount of uncertainty, inconsistency and questionable practice amongst local authorities...
Kent's No Use Empty (NUE) initiative scooped the award for ‘Outstanding approach to regeneration’ at the UK Housing Awards event ...
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Salary: £37,306 - £41,967 per annum
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Mandela House
Type: Permanent
Reference: 15809
Closing Date: 12 noon, 6 June 2018
Do you want to be part of a fast-paced and dynamic team working within the vibrant City of Cambridge?
Working in an iconic, vibrant diverse and expanding University city such as Cambridge, with a high percentage of private rented sector accommodation, you will be joining an organisation where Environmental Health is an important...
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The 23rd report from the Intergenerational Commission, entitled A New Generational Contract, includes surcharges on second and empty homes as...
Empty Homes, the national campaigning charity, has a project to spread community-based regeneration in areas with high levels of empty...
