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Agency backs fight against compulsory purchase
Inside Housing - UK
The Empty Homes Agency has waded into the debate over housing demolitions in the north with an attack on ‘draconian’ compulsory purchase rules. ...
Empty Homes Agency Welcomes the First Ever Empty Dwelling Management Order - The Empty Homes Agency welcomes the announcement today of the first ever empty dwelling management order. The order confirmed by the Residential Property Tribunal will allow South Oxfordshire District Council to take over management control of a two-bedroom house that has been empty for more than 10 years and had been abandoned by the owner.
Empty Homes Agency Appoints New Chief Executive - The Empty Homes Agency has announced that it has appointed David Ireland as its new Chief Executive with immediate effect, following open advertisement and competition, in succession to Jonathan Ellis.
Communities Under Threat: Campaigners form new group to save homes - A new group that aims to campaign for the social, environmental and economic regeneration of Central Middlesbrough was established in Middlesbrough today (14 th December 2006). The Group will be known as: Communities Under Threat (CUT)
BBC News: New homes plan 'must be rethought' - Continuing the BBC News website's series looking at housing in the UK, Professor of Social Policy at London School of Economics, Anne Powers warns that new houses alone are not the answer and a rethink is needed in order to develop successful new communities.
Prodding Empty Homes Into Life - 21st November 2006 - The Empty Homes Agency has today called on the public to make use of a largely forgotten legal power – the PROD to get more publicly owned empty homes back into use or onto the market.
Empty Homes Agency Launches Publicity Drive on London Buses - 30th October 2006 - The Empty Homes Agency, an independent campaigning charity working closely with 13 London Boroughs, will be running a 4-week publicity campaign on key London bus routes inviting owners of empty properties to contact the Empty Homes Agency for free information on the options available to them. - To see a copy of the ad click here
Nearly 300,000 Homes Empty For More Than Six Months - Halifax Research 21 October 2006 - This is the third Halifax survey of Empty Homes in England. An empty home is defined as a property, which has remained vacant for more than six months. The Empty Homes National Week of Action runs from October 23rd to October 27th 2006. The research in this report is based on data from the Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG), the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Halifax's own extensive housing database.
Homes campaigners sign up a champion - 24th October 2006 - Liverpool Echo - RESIDENTS hoping to save their homes from demolition have recruited a heavyweight help to join their fight. Around 40 families in the Granby Triangle area have been blocking council plans for compulsory purchase orders of their homes in Ducie, Jermyn, Cairns and Beaconsfield streets.