The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) is building strong cross-boundary mechanisms in order to deliver results for the HCA Empty Homes programme.
A task-and-finish group has been set up with the following purpose:
To develop a generic Lease and Repair product that can be used across Greater Manchester and the North West. This may lead into a product endorsed by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and available for use nationally. The main objectives of the group are to coordinate the production of:
A standardised lease agreement
A simple guide to Lease and Repair
A flow chart take the...
The Empty Homes Network has now published an updated Practitioner Guide to the New Homes Bonus.
The last document published...
Please contribute to DCLG's research on our powers to deal with derelict buildings and land.
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The Welsh Government is leading the way in its efforts to create an effective national empty homes initiative, as disclosed...
CLG officials have recently heard local authorities raise concerns about barriers to delivery of the HCA's Empty Homes Programme and are keen to find out more so that action can be taken if appropriate.
Getting to a clear enough picture of what the barriers really are has, however, proved difficult.
To help CLG, HCA and the LGA - all involved here - we have set up a forum post where we are inviting those of our members who have experienced issues with the contract or the programme to contribute their feedback and insights.
Your contributions can have a significant impact...
I have been talking to James Fisher (pictured right), an Associate Director at the BRE, and Cliff Woodward of Westworks...
When the New Homes Bonus was introduced it was made clear that it would eventually become "revenue neutral" by virtue...
The results of the bids for Round 2 of the government's Empty Homes Programme were announced at the end June....
With George Clark's Ten Point Plan for Regeneration featuring in the government's £91million funding announcement at the end of June,...
Mark Fisher (left) and Darryl Lawrence (right) both made presentations at a recent Council of Mortgage Lenders Buy-to-Let Conference, as...
The Government has announced a £400million raid on New Homes Bonus in 2015-16 according to the Treasury announcement on infrastructure spending contained in Investing in Britain's Future. The money is being taken out of the direct control of local authorities The document states:
The Spending Round announces that £400 million from the New Homes Bonus will be pooled within Local Enterprise Partnership areas to support strategic housing and economic development priorities.
Strategic Economic Plans
The foregoing extract is is from Chapter 6 on housing: but Chapter 9 makes it clear that the money will be going into the Single Local...
The National Empty Homes Loan scheme, funded as part of the Community Grants Programme and to be delivered via the...
David Ireland, Chief Executive of the charity Empty Homes (previously the Empty Homes Agency) has been awarded an O.B.E. in...
Following a positive evaluation by Sheffield Hallam University of the Welsh Houses into Homes initiative, the Welsh Government has doubled...
