With the number of empty homes in Britain reaching the million mark, Michael Parker investigates what the government is doing to combat the problem and features Kent’s No Use Empty Initiative Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF…
Property Week – Feb 2011
Public Opinion – Kevin Lynes, KCC Cabinet Member “Our Housing Shortage Solutions starts with Empty Homes” Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF version of the article
Newsletter Edition No 6
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Government announces £100M Fund to bring empty homes back into use as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
In a letter to council leaders outlining the coalition’s housing reforms over the next four years, housing minister Grant Shapps gave details of the new scheme as part of a £6.5 billion investment in housing by the Department for Communities…
Kent’s No Use Empty Kent Property Initiative has reached its 5th Year Anniversary
To mark the occasion a short video has been made to show how the campaign brings empty and derelict properties in Kent back into use as much-needed homes. Property owner, Martin Neame, tells how the scheme helped him.
How Do We Maximise The Use Of Empty Homes ? The HCA debate
The HCA debate “maximising the use of empty homes” has been extended to 31st August 2010. The debate will explore new ways to tackle empty homes and to maximise their use and provide the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and…
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 – Section 215
Recovery Method Recovery through the Courts: Enforced Sales Procedure Introduction It is a well established that poor condition properties have an adverse affect on the neighbourhood. Anyone unfortunate enough to have lived next door to a long term empty property…
Why Empty Homes Are So Important
As the government admits its plans for new houses have stalled because of the recession, there are calls to make better use of the thousands of empty homes around the UK. David Ireland, from the Empty Houses Agency campaign group,…
Dover District Council Returns Long-Term Eyesore Back into the Community
Dover District Council (DDC) and No Use Empty, the Kent empty property initiative, can announce that they have helped to bring another local property on Alkham Road in Dover back into use to the community. The Council, in partnership with…
Further 2M Interest-Free Loans
No Use Empty Initiative, the partnership between Kent County Council and the District Borough Councils, which is helping to bring empty properties in Kent back into use goes from strength to strength. A further £2 million interest free loans have…