Derelict home seized by councils
Norwich Evening News A city house is to become the first in the country to be seized...

Curtains for empty homes
Sunderland Echo Housing bosses have dreamed up a novel way of sprucing up broken-down homes...

Relief curbed on empty property
The Herald Chancellor Gordon Brown said that he was going to curb tax relief...

Homing in on empty houses
Hunts Post. Empty houses in Huntingdonshire could be taken over to help reduce the number of homeless people...

Council tax discount cut for empty homes
Social Housing Owners of empty homes in Ellesmere Port and Nelson are to lose their council tax discount after 12 months...

Eyesore sold
Maidenhead Advertiser A notorious eyesore that has blighted a residential road...

Rubbish is still blighting the city
Peterborough Evening Telegraph - Peterborough,England,UK
Mr Ray took photos of the empty property and e-mailed them to the council at the beginning of February, voicing his concerns. ...

Council hunts empty homes
Harrow Times - UK
Alternatively, anyone needing help to bring a property back into use can call Nick or email empty.homes@harrow.gov.uk.

Council tax change boosts coffers
This is Wiltshire.co.uk - Swindon,England,UK
Further changes are taking place with regard to the council tax discount for second homes and long-term empty homes. Around £200000 will be generated for ...

Who'd live in a house like this?
Sheffield Today - England,UK
People living next to the mid-terrace house, in Bolsover Street, Firth Park, estimated the property has only been occupied for a total of about 12 months in ...

Historic cottage fit for a family
Norwich Evening News - Norwich,England,UK
An ancient flint cottage which has been standing empty and derelict for years is to provide a home for a family on the city council waiting list. ...

Council: Extra houses will be found
Suffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
That is the message from Ipswich Borough Council which has just secured the purchase and sale of a house which has sat empty for two decades. The property ...

Gloom town rats
Hackney Gazette - London,England,UK
... living in Springfield have complained because their street has become overrun with rats living under a mountain of rubbish outside an empty property. ...

Harrogate News
Harrogate Today - UK
“Absolute scandal” – Lib Dem Candidate for Bilton Andy Parks and Coun Morris Lightfoot outside the houses lying empty. (2302073). By Tom Cullimore ...

Laura Kirk takes new housing role
24dash.com - Hereford,Herefordshire,UK
Laura Kirk has been appointed Empty Property Officer for Derbyshire Dales District Council and High Peak Borough Council. ...

Thousands sign petition for affordable homes
Leeds Today - UK
Each month up to 6000 people bid for just 500 empty properties and homes in the most popular areas attract up to 500 expressions of interest. ...

Church to build affordable Dales village homes
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
Dent Parish Council clerk Dr John Ioannou said about 20 per cent of the homes in Dent were now second homes which stood empty for the majority of the year. ...