Homes From Empty Homes

Independent charity Empty Homes welcomes news that the government’s empty homes programme is to be extended, providing funding for another 5,000 homes to be brought into affordable use.

The news will be announced today by the prime minister amongst a number of announcements on housing and planning http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/plans-to-boost-uk-housebuilding-jobs-and-the-economy/

Chief Executive David Ireland said “This is a fantastic endorsement of the work of councils, housing associations and community groups who are already delivering on the first phase of this programme.” He added “By creating affordable homes for less than £20,000 a unit, this [...]

We’re delighted that Stoke City Council have announced the first large scale homesteading programme in the UK in a decade. Their programme, that we helped the council develop, will see empty homes sold to people on low incomes for £1 each. The homes are hard to let council houses and homes the council had previously acquired for regeneration schemes that can no longer go ahead

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24 Dash: Stoke-on-Trent City Council wants to offer loans of £30,000 to families hit by housing benefit cuts to refurbish empty homes which [...]

The number of publicly-owned homes standing empty has fallen by just 3 per cent in five years, a freedom of information request has revealed.

The request to the Communities and Local Government department, carried out by property developer Fresh Start Living, found that the number of empty local authority homes has dropped by just 25,000 to 720,000 since 2006.

In 2006, there were 744,931 empty homes in the UK, with 314,719 remaining empty for a period of more than six months. By 2011 – the most recent statistics [...]

Independent charity Empty Homes is delighted to announce the formation of the National Empty Homes Loans Fund. The fund that will be launched later in the year will offer low interest loans to owners of empty homes to help them bring them into use as affordable housing.

The loans fund was one of the demands of Channel 4′s “Great British Property Scandal” campaign led by architect and independent Empty Homes Adviser George Clarke. Government empty homes loans funds have already been announced in Scotland and Wales and this fund will operate [...]

Empty Homes Chief Executive David Ireland is included in Housing 24 magazines first ever Power Players’ list. Which it describes as a comprehensive guide to the most influential people currently working in, or impacting on, the housing sector.  Read more..

Following the outstanding success of Empty Homes Week 2011 (4th – 10th December) David Ireland, Empty Homes Chief Executive will be meeting with politicians and ministers across party in the New Year to push forward new incentives to ensure more of Britain’s 1 million “Empties” are brought back into use in 2012.

Mr. Ireland has already called on the government to require councils to offer “Empties” to prospective buyers and tenants at discounted prices.

During Empty Homes Week, Empty Homes teamed up with Architect and Channel 4 presenter George Clarke on December 5th to launch a campaign to bring Britain’s 350,000 long-term [...]

Sunday 4th Decenber 2011 is the start of National Empty Homes Week, which is the national week of the independent campaigning charity Empty Homes.

In case you missed David Ireland, Empty Homes Cheif Executive talking about the issues of empty homes alongside Jonathan Brown, Merseyside Civic Society and Grant Shapps Housing Minister, click on the link below to have another listen.