[The views expressed in this article are the views of the author and not those of the Empty Homes Network]
It's back to the drawing board for the powers that be in Liverpool following Eric Pickles' decision[1] to over-rule his Planning Inspector and refuse the CPO and planning permission that would have allowed the redevelopment of the "Welsh Streets" to go ahead.
The redevelopment scheme in question, proposed back in 2013, involved saving some of the homes originally scheduled for demolition, including the (apparently) vital childhood home of Ringo Starr, the noted composer, singer, film star and erstwhile performer with...
The Scottish government has provided a massive boost to the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, both extending the funding for a...
London Mayor Boris Johnson has offered £10million under his Housing Covenant to Big Issue Invest (BII) who will in turn...
We've now set the date for the 2015 National Empty Homes Conference, and the first speakers have already been booked....
Time flies and the EHCGP comes to an end on March 31st.. As part of our efforts to make the case for more some more funding, self-help-housing.org and HACT are running two events in February , looking at what has been achieved through the DCLG’s £50m Empty Homes Community Grants Programme. One will be in London looking at the national picture, while the other will take place in Hull and will concentrate on what’s been achieved in Yorks. & Humberside and the North East and on the recent research that is ongoing.
We’ve invited Stephen Williams MP, The Communities Minster,...
A recent press release from South Tyneside Council captures the excellent work being done in the area through the use...
Left-leaning think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research is pushing for local authorities to be given more flexibility about how...
It's no surprise, but the Labour Party has now stated officially that it will abandon the New Homes Bonus if...
The provisional New Homes Bonus figures for 2015-16 show another 10,153 long-term empties returned to use or otherwise removed from...
In the spirit of the festive season, I have cooked up EHN's first ever Christmas quiz, featuring absolutely no prizes...
Loan schemes often suffer from a lack of attention to detail, leaving councils scratching their heads as to why they can't seem to give the money away.
A new scheme launched by Rochdale Council to mark Empty Homes Week is a good example of how a detailed awareness of owners' needs helps shape the product to make it attractive without at the same time squandering public money.
Rochdale has already had considerable success in its strategy for tackling empty homes, with the Council's website claiming "we have already brought 776 properties back into use in the last 3 years, reducing...
In response to members' comments in our online forum, a revised discussion draft of the EHN Policy Position paper has...
Community Housing Organisations around England are calling for a further £52m from the Government, over the next three years, to...
New research from Halifax and the Empty Homes Agency shows how strongly the public feel about empty homes. They want...
