A sister to the Empty Homes Network web-site has been launched for Housing Enablers.
The website at www.housingenabling.org.uk was developed with the help of funding from the South West Impovement and Efficiency Partnership and with support from Plymouth City Council. It went live at the end of March. You can find more details on the Housing Enabling Website itself in this story which explains how the new initiative was inspired by the Empty Homes Network and spells out the aims of the Housing Enbaling Network.
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The Empty Homes Network website has been revamped yet again, with some important new features.
New bookmark feature
There's lots of content on the site and it's growing all the time. The bookmarks feature lets you, er... bookmark particular pieces of content. You'lll see a checkbox on most pages. Simply click the Bookmarks button to see the bookmarks you've stored....
Blogs
We've set up a blogs feature. If you want to blog about your life as an empty homes practitioner or illuminate the world of empty homes with your opinions we'll be happy to accomodated you. Contact me on 0844...
The documentation for the Community Grants Programme has been updated. Interested parties are advised to download the documents afresh.
Key...
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