The Agency is an independent campaigning charity which aims to raise awareness of the potential of empty homes in England to meet housing need. We devise and promote, with others, sustainable solutions that will bring empty homes back into use.
We seek to achieve these goals by working at two levels:
Nationally - by campaigning, lobbying and communicating for policy change
Locally - by providing support to local authorities, housing associations, community groups, which want to bring empty homes back into useCAMPAIGNERS CHALLENGE LONDON MAYORAL CANDIDATES TO PLEDGE ACTION ON EMPTY HOMES
CUT THE VAT!
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Use empty homes to meet housing supply targets – The Empty Homes Agency is calling on the government to prioritise reusing empty homes as a source of new housing supply.
Abolish public subsidy on empty homes – The Empty Homes Agency is calling on the government to remove the council tax discount currently paid to owners who keep their property empty
Properly reward councils for bringing empty homes into use. The Empty Homes Agency is calling on the government to reward councils bringing empty homes back into use new homes in the same way as it is proposing to do for councils giving permission to build new homes.
Cut the VAT – The Empty Homes Agency has joined a national coalition calling for VAT on refurbishing empty homes to be cut to 5% to stimulate refurbishment of empty homes
Make tackling empty homes a statutory duty – The Empty Homes Agency is calling on the government to place a duty on local authorities to tackle empty homes in their area.
End the scandal of public empty homes – the Empty Homes Agency is calling on the government to make more efficient use of the 104,000 homes owned by the public sector. And to respond properly to public empty homes reported to them under the PROD mechanism
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