This story about the problems experienced with an empty home in Bradford really says it all about the misery a nuisance empty can bring to neighbours.
The Bradford Telegraph and Argus story cites fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, identify-theft, damp penetration to the neightbouring property as some of the more compelling reasons why the home needs to be brought back into use.
The HCA has revealed that £30million has been set aside for the Empty Homes Community Grants Fund, leaving no more...
Tribal Group has now activated the page where community groups can apply to the Empty Homes Community Grant Fund. You...
For a long time, we've been promising improvements to our email notifications system. The promised improvements have finally arrived.
We...
The Empty Homes Community Grants Fund was officially launched by Andrew Stunell on 24th January. The consultancy Tribal has been selected as the third party organisation to manage the programme day-to-day. They will be processing the grant applications. Applications are to be received by Tribal by 17th April 2012 (no time of day is stated).
We have placed a link to the Bidding Guidance in our library here.
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There are no surprises in CLG's bidding guidance: most of the text is lifted word-for-word from the HCA bidding guidance on its own part of the £100million empty homes programme. The...
South Oxfordshire, the first authority in England to have an Interim EDMO approved, has reportedly turned its back on the...
The Empty Homes Network is pleased to have been asked to help organise the next London Empty Property Officer Forum,...
The Red Tape Challenge is currently focusing on Housing and Construction. The Challenge shifts its spotlight periodically, though more than...
Our website is undergoing a major upgrade.
You won't see any major changes at first glance but there are some...
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 Events, aimed at helping community-led-organisations with bidding and securing allocations.
These regional events will be free of charge and will provide an opportunity to find out as much as possible about the way in which the programme will work and the arrangements for bidding. Among the issues to be covered will be:
information as to the properties that will be eligible for funding;
the basis on which grants will be calculated;
issues around rents;
nomination requirements;
local authority support;
and...
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 Empty Homes Network consultation response on Council Tax reforms suggested that to avoid tax avoidance the council tax regime...
