The National Empty Homes Conference held in Birmingham on 29th May proved a great success. In addition to the full programme, delegates were able to hear Andrew Stunell MP - our "Minister for Empty Homes" - announce significant funding allocations.
The Minister went on to present the Grafton UK Ltd. Empty Homes Practitioner of the Year Award, won by Keith Shields of South Tyneside.
He also presented "Highly commended" awards to Daniel Mahon of Equfund (IPS) Ltd. and to the Wirral Empty Homes team collectively - the award being presented to Paul Jackson (pictured).
The event was held in a...
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The latest list of delegates to the National Empty Homes Conference is attached to this news story - if you...
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 received royal assent on 1st May as a consequence of which squatting of residential property will become a criminal offence as of 1st September 2012. The penalties for breaking the law include up to one year in prison and/or a fine of up to £5,000.
The relevant provision of the Act is Section 144 which states:
(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person is in a residential building as a trespasser having entered it as a trespasser,
(b) the person knows or ought to know that he...
If you are registered to attend the National Empty Homes Conference on May 29th in Birmingham you should have now...
Our May 29th Conference features a much-requested session on council tax, presented by Glyn Berrisford of Stoke City Council.
We're...
The Government's flagship National Planning Policy Framework, effective from Arpil 2012, emphasises the role of empty homes in boosting housing...
Housing Action, a charity offering leasing schemes in Suffolk and Nofolk, has had to go into liquidation following reductions in...
A sister to the Empty Homes Network web-site has been launched for Housing Enablers.
The website at www.housingenabling.org.uk was developed...
it'st aken a long time to filter out, but we are finally announcing the winners of our "Post-of-the-month" award for January 2012. Our two deserving winners will each be receiving a £15 Amazon voucher for their contributions.
The awards, the first of their kind in the history of the Network, were approved by the Member Services Sub-committee, chaired by Lynne Campbell of South Lakeland, and were as follows:
Thelma Cunningham of Plymouth wins £15 for this post about a building full of guano and dead pigeons.
Empty homes work sometimes throws up situations that verge on the bizarre. And with...
The government has decided to increase the number of flats that can be created above some empty high-street premises without...
George Clarke, whose Channel 4 programme The Great British Property Scandal made such an impact, has now been appointed as...
A recent email exchange between CLG, the Empty Homes Network and self-help-housing.org has clarified that local authorities do not have...
