Lynton Parade, Edgar Road, Cliftonville This property had been empty for 5 years before the new owners took on the challenge to bring the property back into use with the support of No Use Empty. Located in the heart of Cliftonville, Margate, the property now provides 4 modern apartments. If you are looking for your […]
Dover District Council are hosting the 2018 Community Housing and Self-Build Conference on the 28th June 2018 from 1.30pm to 5pm at Innovation House, Discovery Park, Sandwich. The conference will bring together community groups, land owners, developers, consultants and Community Housing and Self-Build experts. All who are interested in delivering Community Led Housing in […]
No Use Empty (NUE) scooped the award for ‘Outstanding approach to regeneration’ at the UK Housing Awards event at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in central London. The UK Housing Awards, run by Inside Housing and the Chartered Institute of Housing, is the largest and longest running awards in the sector and is now in […]
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 […]
