Pavilion force tenants out of their homes
Indymedia UK - UK
As it does with the empty property in the town centre. On the other hand, it were only too happy to serve a CPO on an empty bungalow that a retired man was ...

Squatters in £450000 home
Mid Devon Star - Devon,UK
According to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 squatting is when someone occupies an empty or abandoned property with the owner's permission, ...'

A quarter of new homes in Leeds standing empty'
Leeds Today - UK
A QUARTER of new homes in construction-crazy Leeds city centre are empty, a new report has revealed. Of 4704 properties built in the last nine years, ...

Holy demolition! It's the end for the Bat Cave
Sunderland Echo - Sunderland,England,UK
The landmark building has been standing empty for at least 15 years and has been persistently targeted by vandals. It has now been bought by building firm ...

Friday and Saturday - important exhibition
Hastings Observer - Hastings,England,UK
Joint working with the Grotbusters, Empty Homes officer and a local Housing Association has helped us to focus our attention on certain streets and areas. ...

Bobbies’ homes all but gone
Express & Star - Wolverhampton,West Midlands,UK
And four were void or empty, while eight were seen as development opportunities. The rest were lived in, states the report. Mr Scott-Lee said: “Occupants of ...

Disused properties to solve housing shortage
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,Lake District,UK
... up to acceptable standards and then let as affordable homes. The council’s existing grants policy involves the owners of private empty dwellings, ...

'Empty house is blighting our lives'
ic CheshireOnline - UK
Tim Hobson, Chester's empty property officer, said a new team of officers had been set up in November to tackle precisely this sort of problem. ...

Family come home to find garage repossessed
Bolton News - Bolton,UK
A Bolton at Home spokesman said: "We understood the garage was an empty property, belonging to the council, and took measures to gain access. ...

Moss Side becomes a property hot-spot
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
A Manchester council spokesman said: "The number of empty properties is at an all-time low. It's one of the most popular places for council tenants, ...

SIC to re-let homes quicker
Shetland Times - Lerwick,Scotland,UK
Last year it was the fourth-worst local authority in Scotland at filling empty houses which were in demand. An average delay of 257 days between tenants ...

Distorted empty homes claims ‘cannot be relied on’
Inside Housing - UK
The government is reviewing empty homes guidance because ‘vastly inflated’ council claims about the number of properties they have brought back into use ...

Council's re-letting property fast
Peterborough Evening Telegraph - Peterborough,England,UK
Works team leader Stuart Sheardown said: “Empty properties are vulnerable to vandalism and break-ins. Even though we have taken measures to improve security ...