£876k grant boost to improve private houses
York Press - York,UK
It is for up to 75 per cent of the cost of the works that will make the empty property meet the decency standard as determined by the council. ...

WALTHAM FOREST: Target set for more new social homes
Epping Forest Guardian - UK
Targetting empty properties in the borough was highlighted as a priority, with Cllr Pye announcing that 800 empty homes have been brought back to the ...

Thousands in Leeds left out of pocket by the buy-to-let crash
Times Online - UK
A recent riverside development of 50 flats — each with an agreed buyer who had paid a 10 per cent deposit of £20000 — is empty because every purchaser has ...

Half a million empty homes in Portugal
Portugal News - Lagoa,Algarve,Portugal
Various situations have given rise to the number of empty houses, such as housing available for sale or rental and houses to be demolished. ...

The credit crunch has hit buy-to-let investors, but only up to a point
Times Online - UK
There will also be renovation of the capital's 84205 empty homes, less building on back gardens, more preservation of historic views and more ...

Convicted lottery winner 'must renovate house'
Telegraph.co.uk - United KingdomMichael Carroll, 25, who scooped a £9.7 million jackpot in 2002, has been told that officials may use new legislation to take control of the empty property ...

Optimism follows Johnson victory
Property Industry News - London,England,UK
It also set out aims to bring 84000 empty homes back into use and spend £130 million helping first-time buyers onto the housing ladder. ...

Lotto winner plans to revamp home
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norwich,England,UK
The council also said that much trumpeted powers to force owners of empty homes make properties liveable in again could in reality take years to implement. ...

When work begins for Mayor Johnson
BBC News - UK
He also wants to invest millions of pounds in renovating more than 80000 empty properties in the capital to get low-income people off housing waiting lists. ...

Real need on homes 'ignored in pursuit of targets'
Yorkshire Post - Leeds,England,UK
Ministers are also accused of not doing enough to bring back into use some of the 672924 empty homes, while there are claims Whitehall's obsession with ...

AM, Sat 3rd May - How will the new London Mayor effect the ...
Landlord Expert - London,UK
Johnson concentrates on quality, first-time buyers and renovation of the Capital’s 84205 empty properties. He believes in incentivising boroughs to release ...

Govt needs to focus on empty homes
Houseladder - Kingston upon Thames,England,UK
The government needs to look at bringing empty homes back into use if it is to meet its housing targets. The government needs to look at bringing empty ...

Fresh anger over Felixstowe homes
Ipswich Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
The opposition from the Felixstowe Society has been backed by the Suffolk Preservation Society (SPS), which believes there could be up to 1000 empty homes ...

No interest in Moot Hall
Daventry Express - Daventry,England,UK
By Steve Mills ONE of Daventry's most important landmark buildings remains empty with seemingly no-one interested in taking it over. ...