Government offers cash incentives to ease housing shortage
Times Online - UK
We want to give more support to communities and councils who are doing their bit to deliver the extra housing needed, including bringing more empty homes ...

Unite welcomes cash boost for affordable council homes - 26th October 2007
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
Commenting on bringing empty homes back into use Mr. Dromey, who campaigned for the powers that councils now have, said, "Empty homes in communities full of ...

Extra 3m homes 'will not stop prices rising' - 26th October 2007
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Also included in the plans is a £510m fund to help bring empty homes back into use. Councils who aggressively target empty properties, including through ...

Will there be a rate cut before Christmas? Kate Barker knows - but ... 26th October 2007
Times Online - UK
But images of decay and dilapidation have been appearing, after our report last week on the scandal of Britain's 840000 empty homes. ...

How should city tackle homes crisis - 26 October 2007
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
"With readily-available sites drying up, the city council must be quick to get existing empty homes brought back into use, whether by compulsory purchase of ...