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Sister site for Housing Enablers launched

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April 16, 2012

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. The two websites are both maintained in the same web-hosting environment and it is hoped...

Letter of support requirement clarified

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April 5, 2012

A recent email exchange between CLG, the Empty Homes Network and self-help-housing.org has clarified that local authorities do not have to use the pro forma supplied on the Tribal site if they are providing letters of support for Community Grants Programme bids. The issue raised by self-help-housing.org was that the pro forma provided went beyond the requiements specified by CLG in the main bidding guidance. In particular, the pro forma - which we understand was modelled on the one developed by the HCA for its own £70million funding programme - seemed to want local authorites to provide lists of the...

Cambridge - not too good at maths?

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March 28, 2012

As the home to one of the most prestigious universities in the world Cambridge has a reputation for academic excellence....

Conference latest

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March 15, 2012

With Andrew Stunell now a confirmed speaker, a more detailed Event Programme has been published for the National Empty Homes...

Latest EHN website features

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March 7, 2012

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...