This is a further revision of our consultation response (click link to access it) to the proposed amendments to the EDMO legislation.
This incorporates a review of the possible problems associated with the word "nuisance" given its often restricted legal meanng. There are some further changes and simplifications to the wording and a 5th principle of local support for the EDMO action is added.
As before, comments can be submitted by members in the EDMO forum.
We've now published the third and probably final draft of our response to the informal consultation (click link to view)...
You might be interested to know how other organisations have responded to the New Homes Bonus proposals. Alll are broadly...
We have now produced a substantially revised response to the CLG proposals to change the EDMO legislation. The revised response...
There was a surprise story featuring Andrew Stunell released on the CLG website at some point on Monday 10th January, entitled "New incentives to tackle the blight of empty homes". This describes the New Homes Bonus and encourages people to report empties to their council so the council can take action. It says "Under plans recently consulted on, the Government will match through the New Homes Bonus any council tax raised from a property that previously stood empty." This seems designed to balance the Eric Pickles announcement on EDMOs but it certainly also suggests that the NHB plans are proceeding.
We have drafted a response to Eric Pickles' statement about forthcoming changes to the EDMO legislation. This can be downloaded...
Eric Pickles has announced that EDMO powers are to be curbed. This was first reported by the BBC (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12127328)...
Local Sustainable Homes: How to Make Them Happen in Your Community, by Chris Bird
Transition Books (2010) £14.95, paperback, 240pp,...
News stories like this one about Oxford's first EDMO of a home empty for 15 years are useful not only...
The Empty Homes Network has now submitted its response to the government's consultation on the New Homes Bonus (downloadable from...
The proposal floated in recent Empty Homes Network publications to seek a review of Council Tax exemption class "C" on the grounds that it is a tax break that is not sufficiently justified has been dropped, following a vote by the EHN Executive.
The proposal had featured in recent EHN drafts, including the draft response to the New Homes Bonus Consultation. It was an idea originally put forward by a policy officer at Shelter England and discussed in a meeting with them last February. But the idea attracted negative comments from several quarters and it was felt appropriate to put...
We've now submitted our Consultation Response to the BIS Call for Evidence about Borrrowings and Debt. The deadline for submissions...
There's been an exchange in Parliament about empty homes, with Andrew Stunell putting forwards the Government perspective. The brief debate...
We've prepared a draft response to the BIS consultation on Managing Borrowing and Dealing with Debt . You can download...
