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Empty homes

5 September 2012

  • Derelict hotel

    Providing council loans to bring empty properties into use

    As the government issues funding to help authorities tackle empty housing, Kent council's 'No Use Empty' scheme leads the pack. Steve Grimshaw shares lessons from the successful project

14 June 2012

  • empty office

    Turn more of the Government's empty buildings over to community or business use

    Nearly half a million square metres of empty space are costing the taxpayer £70 million a year in business rates alone. Let's think bigger than the current, timid plan to release just 20 buildings for business start-ups, says Rochdale's Labour MP Simon Danczuk

4 December 2011

  • The money will be used to refurbish empty homes.

    Homelessness charities say £50m empty homes fund is insufficient

    The government has pledged £50m for councils to take over and refurbish empty properties, but charities warn this alone will not solve the housing shortage

3 December 2011

  • Empty house in Leeds

    The 900,000 empty homes falling apart while thousands have nowhere to live

    The government has devised a carrot and stick strategy over vacant properties – but will it work?

10 October 2011

  • Boarded-up empty houses in a street in Wavertree, Liverpool

    Empty homes: help us find out more

    If we are suffering a lack of housing, why are there so many empty homes? We want to hear about those near you to find out what went wrong and highlight the issue on a bigger scale

8 October 2011

  • empty home

    Compulsory purchase order threat to tackle problem of empty homes

    Cornwall council offers owners of empty homes option of interest-free loans to bring properties back to use – or compulsory purchase order
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