Tribal Group has now activated the page where community groups can apply to the Empty Homes Community Grant Fund. You can link to the web-page from here. Downloadable documents include a rather terse set of FAQs that will doubtless be added to and the…
For a long time, we've been promising improvements to our email notifications system. The promised improvements have finally arrived. We had a problem initially with the number of meails being sent out - the frequency control wasn't working. Sorry…
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.…
South Oxfordshire, the first authority in England to have an Interim EDMO approved, has reportedly turned its back on the measure because of the costs involved. According to a BBC story local parish councillor Chrissie Phillips-Tilbury urged the Council to…
The Empty Homes Network is pleased to have been asked to help organise the next London Empty Property Officer Forum, following the highly successful event put on by LEPOF last March. The LEPOF meeting will be hosted by LB Hounslow on 23rd of February.…
The Red Tape Challenge is currently focusing on Housing and Construction. The Challenge shifts its spotlight periodically, though more than one area is looked at concurrently. The Housing and Construction Challenge says it will last five weeks, although there…
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…
The HCA has updated its Frequently Asked Questions document in respect of bidding for the £100million Empty Homes Programme. Key points include The FAQ document contains a link to the CLG model on which the grant rates have been predicated. EHN is pleased to…
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…
At a meeting organised by the South West National Housing Federation on 12th January, Pacian Andrews of the HCA addressed some important concerns faced by providers wanting to bid in the £100million Empty Homes Programme. Firstly, Pacian announced that any…
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…
The Empty Homes Network consultation response on Council Tax reforms suggested that to avoid tax avoidance the council tax regime for second homes should be brought into line with that for other unoccupied homes. We're pleased to see that Tim Farron, MP…
A story in the Guardian newspaper shows that politically-motivated squatters are not necessarily deterred by whether or not squatting is a crime. Squatters in the Republic of Ireland, associated with the Occupy movement, are challenging the waste of empty…
I thought it would be helpful to EHN members provide an update on the DCLG's Community Grants Programme, before the Programme gets underway in the New Year. To recap, the great thing about the The Community Grants Programme is that it will be accessible…
