An old derelict warehouse in the town centre of Dover has been transformed into stunning new apartments thanks to an initiative which is helping create new homes by recycling long term empty properties. Dover District Council is a founding member…
Housing Act 2004 – Improvement Notices
Legislation Section 11 and 12 Housing Act 2004 Recovery Method Enforced Sales Procedure: Law and Property Act 1925 Introduction The above property came to the attention of Thanet District Council following a complaint from a neighbour, whose own property was suffering…
Conservative Party joins empty homes fight
The Conservative party has offered its support to No Use Empty and the Empty Homes Agency to help bring some of the UK’s estimated 1 million empty homes back into use. The party claims its Empty Property Rescue Scheme can…
Dover District Council gives long term empty properties a new lease of life
Dover District Council and No Use Empty, the Kent empty property initiative, can announce that they have helped to bring a local property at King Street, Dover back into use to the community. The property in King Street had been…
No Use Empty awards 1million to renovate derelict properties in Kent
No Use Empty, the initiative which is helping to bring empty properties in East Kent back into use, has approved over £1 million of interest-free loans to home owners across the County. These loans have helped the owners to renovate…
Newsletter Edition No 4
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Council brings Thanet property back into use after over 20 years of disrepair
One of Thanet’s most well known eyesores, that has been in disrepair for over 20 years, has been brought into use as affordable housing, after more than a year’s worth of work to convert it. The property at 77 Eastern…
Mail On Sunday – June 2008
Ministers say we need an extra 3 million homes Read Duncan Farmer’s report featuring Kent’s No Use Empty Campaign Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF version of the article
Council Partnership Delivers Almost 500 New Homes In East Kent
A unique initiative which is helping to create new homes across Kent by bringing long term empty properties back into use has comfortably exceeded its delivery target. Launched in 2005, No Use Empty; the Kent Empty Property Initiative commenced as…
Kent councils join forces in fight against empty properties
Kent County Council’s No Use Empty initiative welcomes new District Councils to complete Kent-wide membership, A pioneering initiative which is helping to bring empty properties back into use in East and West Kent has been rolled out to tackle the…