DCLG has scrapped the collection of Neighbourhood Statistics on empty homes. The announcement was made in March n the Statistics Plan which you can reach from here.
This is disappointing news. The most disappointing aspect is that these statistics were produced out of council tax data: in principle this should have been an automatic process, relying on existing council tax data coupled with geo-location codes. It doesn't say much for the ablitiy of our public services to manage data if technically undemanding tasks such as this cannot be accommodated.
Amongst other things, this will impact the HCA's much-vaunted GIS mapping...
As the home to one of the most prestigious universities in the world Cambridge has a reputation for academic excellence....
Listed Building Alterations
In an unexpected move to plug so-called VAT loopholes and inconsistencies, the Chancellor has announced that alterations...
With Andrew Stunell now a confirmed speaker, a more detailed Event Programme has been published for the National Empty Homes...
We're pleased to announce that Andrew Stunell has agreed to speak at our National Empty Homes Conference on 29th May in Birmngham.
As the Minister with immediate responsibility for the empty homes agenda, Andrew has clearly moved the government response to the issue much further forwards than any of his predecessors. We'll look forward to hearing his reflections on the road so far - and where we go next.
The Empty Homes Network website has been revamped yet again, with some important new features.
New bookmark feature
There's lots...
The documentation for the Community Grants Programme has been updated. Interested parties are advised to download the documents afresh.
Key...
The draft programme for the 2012 National Empty HOmes Conference is now available, with most speakers already confirmed. The Conference,...
Camilla Sheldon of CLG has now responded to letters from the Empty Homes Network about "revolving funds" and the treatment...
The government's £50million programme for Clusters of Empties has now been launched with a very tight deadline for Expressions of...
This link takes you to an advertorial that involves a case as complicated as a mediaeval mousetrap. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/reading/articles/2012/02/12/57131-squatter-scandal
For me, it highlights the importance of writing a Will and of appointing Executors who you can trust to fulfil their responsibilities.
Not exactly ground breaking news, just a regular gripe among empty home practitioners. And we are writing about it regularly these days.
There must be something out there to help us with protracted Probate cases. In the same way that the value of s103 Law of Property Act to empty homes officers was discovered 70 years after the Act was...
We're preparing for our Conference, due to take place in Birmingham during the last two weeks in May.
As in...
EHN has written two letters to CLG about aspects of assessing value-for-money in the £100million empty homes programme, requesting clarifications...
On 1st February, Haslingden and Hyndburn MP Graham Jones tabled a number of amendments designed to reshape the proposed Empty...
