KCC’s No Use Empty announced amongst UK Housing Awards 2018 short list The UK Housing Awards are the longest established and most respected awards in the social housing sector, recognising the ingenuity, creativity, passion and results of housing organisations and individuals across the UK, run by the Chartered Institute of Housing and Inside Housing, showcasing the […]
No Use Empty, the UK’s most successful empty homes initiative, sees £300,000 pledge from Dover District Council- Award winning empty homes scheme, No Use Empty (NUE), has received a commitment of £300,000 from Dover District Council to provide top-up loans to help bring long-term empties back into use. The pioneering scheme introduced top-up loans in […]
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council pledges £100,000 to No Use Empty Award winning empty homes scheme, No Use Empty (NUE), has received a commitment of £100,000 from Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to provide top-up loans to help bring long-term empties back into use. The pioneering scheme introduced top-up loans in 2015 and has since seen further […]
National Empty Homes Week 2017 National Empty Homes Week will take place from Monday 16th October to 22nd October. Every year local authorities, housing providers, community-led organisations and others see Empty Homes Week as an opportunity to organise events and put out information so that people know about their work to tackle empty homes. Empty Homes […]
Former British Volunteer Pub, Ashford History The original pub was converted by the army in the 1860s from two old cottages which stood alongside barracks after several licensees in the town refused to serve troublesome soldiers. Like so many once vibrant traditional town centre pubs, it closed its doors during the summer of 2015 and remained boarded up. […]
Shepway No Use Empty Plus Scoops National Innovation Award Shepway District Council (SDC) were presented with the Innovation Award at this year’s national Empty Homes Conference held in Birmingham organised by the Empty Homes Network. Iain Cobby, Private Sector Housing Officer (Shepway District Council) and Steve Grimshaw (NUE Programme Manager) were presented with the award by […]
Margate Civic Society, Town Pride Awards 2017 The results of this year’s Town Pride Awards were announced at the meeting of the Margate Civic Society held at the prestigious Walpole Bay Hotel, Cliftonville on Thursday, 11 May. A grand total of nine properties were judged for the 2017 Town Pride Awards as having enhanced the […]
Thanet District Council – Owner Occupier Loan Scheme Thanet District Council will be the first council in Kent to provide loans for home-owners looking to renovate and then move into former empty properties. Secured loans of up to £20,000 will be available for anyone who purchases, renovates and then moves into properties which have stood empty […]
Solini Court, Dover Road, Folkestone A Local Property Developer has added a further 11 Affordable Homes to his property portfolio with Solini Court nearing completion. NUE launched an affordable homes project in 2012 in response to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Affordable Homes Programme (2012-15) and delivered 42 units. With no new HCA funds being available for […]
Former British Volunteer Pub, Ashford Our first loan supported project in New Street, Ashford is taking great strides to the finish line. The former public house situated close to the centre of Ashford had remained boarded up for more than 12 months. It was in fair condition but with a hole in the roof it […]
