Our website is undergoing a major upgrade.
You won't see any major changes at first glance but there are some important differences. These have involved installing some relatively complex code. As with all changes of this nature, we can expect some glitches. If you experience any, please let us know via email or via our main telephone number 0844 736 5 736.
Just briefly, the key changes are as follows:
New "Groups" feature allows you to set up regional or special interest groups with their own membership, forums, events, notifications and so on.
Notifications: the long awaited changes that allow...
The HCA has updated its Frequently Asked Questions document in respect of bidding for the £100million Empty Homes Programme. Key...
As part of a Capacity Building Programme around the CGP, HACT & Self-Help Housing.Org are running a series of Briefing...
At a meeting organised by the South West National Housing Federation on 12th January, Pacian Andrews of the HCA addressed...
Here's a useful update on the latest with the moves to change the law on squatting, with some comment from the backbench MP who has been involved in pressing for the legislation to change. The legisltation is currently in the House of Lords. The story can be found here in the Brighton news channel thelatest.co.uk.
The Empty Homes Network consultation response on Council Tax reforms suggested that to avoid tax avoidance the council tax regime...
A story in the Guardian newspaper shows that politically-motivated squatters are not necessarily deterred by whether or not squatting is...
I thought it would be helpful to EHN members provide an update on the DCLG's Community Grants Programme, before the...
The Empty Homes Network has now published its draft response to the government's proposed changes to Council Tax discounts and...
A fair number of our practitioners have been happy to get referrals of empty homes via the Great British Property...
Hot on the heels of one House of Commons Adjournment Debate on empty homes, comes a second, this time secured by Graham Jones, Labour MP for Hyndburn, on the 13th December. Again Andrew Stunell answered questions . The full text of the exchanges can be found on the They Work for You website
MP Jones made important points about the issues facing areas of low demand. He pointed out that Hyndburn had over 7% of its housing stock empty and that housing needed to be seen in the context of an overall plan for regeneration, to which housing could make...
To make the Empty Homes Network an even richer experience for its Members, we're going to reward Members who post...
There was an Adjournment debate on empty homes in the House of Commons on 29th November. The Adjournment Debate was...
This is a long-range announcement - call it a pre-announcement if yoiu like - that EHN will be holding its...
