Improvement for Sale initiative to bring Birmingham's empty ...
24dash - Hereford,UK
"Empty homes are a wasted resource and we are committed to offer residents better homes in better neighbourhoods where people will choose to live. ...

Empty homes brought back to life
Norwich Evening News - Norwich,England,UK
Mark Siddall, sub-regional empty homes project officer at the city council, said: “Two of the properties have been empty for 20 years, but we are targeting ...

House of pain
York Press - York,UK
EDMOs are a tool to bring back empty property into use. The owner does not lose the property and the rent paid during the seven years the order lasts pays ...

Empty buildings face rate rise
York Press - York,UK
One notorious empty property in York is the White Swan Hotel, in Piccadilly, which has remained closed and boarded up for more than 25 years. ...

Less homes needed - experts claim
Ipswich Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
The group says there is an estimated 8000 empty homes in Suffolk, which could be used to address the issue of over development. ...

Time to tackle property blight
York Press - York,UK
Ruth Abbott, the city council's housing standards and adaptations manager, said that in April last year there were 585 empty homes in York. ...

Cash boost for homes
The Star - Sheffield,England,UK
The council is also considering allocating funding to try to encourage private property owners to bring empty homes back into use. ,500 long term empty ...

FMB: Cut VAT on empty buildings
AboutProperty.co.uk - London,UK
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed government reforms of empty property rates, but argues measures must go further to ensure buildings ...

FMB in renovation tax cut call
Property News - London,England,UK
Responding to an announcement by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) of reforms to empty homes relief to be introduced next month, ...

Shelter urges more action on Empty Dwelling orders
Finance Markets - Menstrie,Scotland,UK
By applying for an Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO), councils in England and Wales can take control of a private property for up to seven years. ...

How boom quickly converted to bust
Guardian - UK
As the crisis in the banking markets swept across America and the UK with renewed ferocity last week, a viewing revealed empty flat after empty flat on sale ...

The MoD home left empty for 11 years
BBC News - UK
But the property has been empty for more than 4278 days. That means the MoD has been paying rent, council tax and maintenance for more than 11 years and ...

Cash boost call for empty homes
BBC News - UK
EDMOs allow councils in England and Wales to take control of a private property for up to seven years if it has been empty for at least six months. ...

New build or refurb?
By Dave(Peter)
"the carbon impact of the government's new homes target could be cut by 10 million tonnes if part of it was met by reusing and upgrading England's 288000 long-term empty homes." Sounds like a pretty reasonable win-win situation to me, ...
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New Tricks With Old Bricks
By keithsc
This report from the Empty Homes agency makes a convincing case that knocking down old homes and building new well-insulated homes is not as green as previously claimed. There is hope for my 1900 house yet!
The Coffee House - http://environmentdebate.wordpress.com

Action on empty homes blight
Yorkshire Post - Leeds,England,UK
In some cases it could result in the compulsory purchase of empty homes deemed to be causing a problem for neighbours. A new study, which will be presented ...

The wannabe property tycoons now burned by buy-to-let
Daily Mail - UK
But countless other new-build apartments stand empty across Britain's crane-filled urban skylines. Meanwhile, a host of inexperienced investor landlords ...

'On the shop floor with.......Poundland's Jim McCarthy
Retail Bulletin - Croydon,UK
“Landlords are being more realistic as there is an amount of empty property and companies are going under. Landlords are increasingly recognising the value ...

The wannabe property tycoons now burned by buy-to-let
Daily Mail - UK
But countless other new-build apartments stand empty across Britain's crane-filled urban skylines. Meanwhile, a host of inexperienced investor landlords ...

We told you so
By Ian Milliss
In a report that has got a bit of coverage in the UK (here, here, and here) the Empty Homes Agency has done research to show that reusing existing buildings is greener than building new “green” buildings. ...

Johnson makes new homes pledge
The Press Association -
A £130 million scheme to help low-paid Londoners get on the housing ladder and plans to bring more than 84000 empty homes back into use will also be ...

Empty homes review – ‘thanks to Lib Dems
Reading Evening Post - Reading,England,UK
The Lib Dems are claiming credit for a major review to get something done about the empty homes across the borough. Councillor Gareth Epps, Parliamentary ...

Sale refuels second home debate
BBC News - UK
... the property's "mesmerising" views over Porthmeor Beach and St Ives Bay. But many local people fear the house will remain empty for most of the year. ...

Birmingham unveils housing plan
Midlands Housing - UK
... of increasing the amount of new affordable homes provided each year and making better use of existing stock by bringing more empty homes back into use. ...

Older homes 'emit less carbon'
Times Online - UK
The report, compiled by the Empty Homes Agency with help from the Building and Social Housing Foundation, indicates that the embodied carbon - the carbon ...

House leaks for 3 months
ic SouthLondon.co.uk - United Kingdom
... a statement was issued that said: "Lewisham council has for a long time been concerned about the number of homes left to stand empty in the borough. ...

Rics: CPRE pander to the vested interests
AboutProperty.co.uk - London,UK
"Bringing empty homes back into use and building on brownfield sites should be the first step in meeting this challenge, sensible, well managed development ...

Survey finds over half oppose government housing plans
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
"While bringing empty homes back into use and building on brownfield sites should be the first step in meeting this challenge, sensible, well managed ...

Slashing tax discount on empty homes could raise £1m
Halifax Evening Courier - UK
By Michael Peel SLASHING the council tax discount on the 2500 empty homes in Calderdale could raise a one-off sum of about £1 million. ...

Public split on housing policy
Property News - London,England,UK
However, over three quarters (77 per cent) argued that more should be done to bring empty homes back into use, with half wanting this linked to more ...

Public oppose Government house-building plans
Daelnet - Skipton,England,UK
... 46% think it would damage community life; and a massive 77% believe more to be done to bring the nation’s 700000 empty homes back into use. ...

Slashing tax discount on empty homes could raise £1m
Halifax Evening Courier - UK
By Michael Peel SLASHING the council tax discount on the 2500 empty homes in Calderdale could raise a one-off sum of about £1 million. ...

Public split on housing policy
Property News - London,England,UK
However, over three quarters (77 per cent) argued that more should be done to bring empty homes back into use, with half wanting this linked to more ...

Public oppose Government house-building plans
Daelnet - Skipton,England,UK
... 46% think it would damage community life; and a massive 77% believe more to be done to bring the nation’s 700000 empty homes back into use. ...

Alistair Darling's Budget will be bad for small business
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Landlords are also coming to terms with changes to empty property relief, which exempted vacant industrial premises from business rates and reduce the rate ...

Three million new homes plan 'not winning public support'
24dash - Hereford,UK
We have given councils tough new powers on empty properties. "Those who oppose more homes need to recognise the deeply unfair consequences for first time ...

Property owners' last ditch effort on ‘ill-conceived’ budget plan
Property Week News - London,England,UK
Property owners have made a last ditch effort today to make Alistair Darling shelve the abolition of rate relief on empty property. ...

Oldham changes Council tax rules for empty properties
eGov monitor - London,UK
With effect from 1 April 2008 the 50 per cent reduction in council tax charge for empty property will no longer apply. The six month free period will still ...

Empty MoD homes 'cost millions'BBC News - UKThe MoD says it knows there are too many empty homes and is "actively on the case". Officials maintain they are trying to match the numbers of houses to the ...

‘Scandal’ over empty homes
Dunmow Broadcast - Stevenage,England,UK
LibDem group leader Cllr Peter Wilcock said: "We need to bring these empty homes back into use. It's a scandal that hundreds of properties are lying empty, ...

BSIA publishes vacant property protection Code of Practice
Info4Security - London,England,UK
At any one time there are a considerable number of vacant properties throughout the country and, without adequate protection, these premises can be subject ...

How to hold on to your home
Times Online - UK
... a far better price will be achieved if househunters see a cheerful, furnished home rather than an empty property on sale through an auction house. ...

Developers warn of a roofless response to new rules on rates
Times Online - UK
However, from April 6, industrial property owners will obtain 100 per cent relief for only the first six months that a building is vacant. All other empty ...

‘THEY SOLD MY HOME’ BOMBSHELL
Camden New Journal - London,UK
A council spokeswoman later added: “Fifty-seven Rochester Road was an empty property. The former tenant of the property was definitely not expecting to ...

Number of empty homes fall by 200
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,England,UK
By Sarah Ward THE efforts of a council to reduce the waiting list for homes has taken a big step forward after the number of empty homes on its books hit a ...

Slums seized for new homes
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
In the 14 years it has been empty, the property has been used as a crack den and a hiding place for stolen goods, become a haven for pigeons and been set on ...

Firm warns on new rates law
Liverpool Echo - UK
The Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 comes into force from April 1. It means commercial property owners who currently enjoy a 50% reduction on business ...

Derelict homes back on the market
Portsmouth News - Portsmouth,England,UK
RUN-DOWN empty homes have been spruced up and made fit for living thanks to a council initiative. Two houses in Horndean which have been empty for decades ...

The Big Question: Should the Government be cracking down on people ...
Independent - London,England,UK
So young couples move out of the village, and the homes that they would have occupied are left empty for much of the year. Schools close, because there are ...

'Why build homes when 1480 are unoccupied?'
Kent Online - United Kingdom
Cllr Doe insisted: "Significant progress has been made in Medway to bring empty homes back into use." He said some properties might be awaiting renovation ...

Empty properties could have community use
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
RESIDENTS on a Huddersfield estate are hoping a pair of empty homes can be given a new lease of life as a community centre. Kirklees Council held a public ...

Call for crackdown on landlords with flats empty for six months
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Edinburgh currently has the highest number of private sector empty homes in Scotland, according to the most recent figures available. ...