Jon Fitzmaurice OBE, Director of self-help-housing.org, has called for a new round of funding for community housing organisations, building on the success of the Empty Homes Community Grants Programme 2012-15.
A press release was issued on Tuesday, 29th November, as part of Empty Homes Week and reads as follows:
Call For Another Empty Homes Community Grants Programme To Bring Empty Properties Back Into Use To Meet Housing Need
It’s Empty Homes Week and the Government have just announced an extra £1.4 billion to create additional 40,000 new homes, but there’s no funding to tackle the 200,000 plus existing long-term empty...
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Empty Homes Event, Carlisle and Cumbria 2016
Theme: Solutions and opportunities for empty property owners in Carlisle and Cumbria
Date & Time: 9.30am - 1.30pm, Friday 2 December 2016 Venue: Civic Centre, Carlisle CA3 8QG
Guests: Empty property owners, property developers, private & social landlords, senior housing managers and officers, community groups, councillors.
Format: A fast paced seminar of 10 minute presentations. To maintain the pace of the event questions are to be directed to the appropriate representatives during the breaks.
Booking, administration & queries: before 28 November 2016 please contact: emptyhomes@carlisle.gov.uk
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The Empty Homes Network has drafted its submissions to the National Housing Taskforce, which is an initiative of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Planning. The submissions are now available for comment by our members.[1]
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