Empty Homes Agency Press Releases
Empty Homes Agency Responds to Pre Budget Report - 25th November 2008
A missed opportunity is how the Empty Homes Agency described yesterday's pre budget report.
Empty Homes Agency - Call for Public Action on Empty Homes - 19th November 2008
To mark National Empty Homes Week of action 23rd - 29th November 2008, independent charity The Empty Homes Agency is calling on the public to report run-down empty homes to help bring them back into use.
Make Liverpool England's first ecotown - 11th September 2008
The Empty Homes Agency says today that cities like Liverpool have the potential to be true eco-towns. The city's 14,825 empty homes hold huge volumes of embodied CO2 that would be saved if they were brought back into use, but wasted if new eco towns are built instead.
The Empty Homes Agency believes that reusing empty homes should play a central role in the government's housing rescue programme
Empty Homes Agency - 2nd September 2008
The latest government statistics show over 750,000 empty homes in England made up of a surplus flats built for buy to let landlords, failed private rented properties and homes left empty pending delayed regeneration schemes - yet the package of government measures announced today (Tuesday 2nd September 2008) make no mention of empty homes.
EMPTY HOMES AGENCY EXPRESSES DISMAY AT GOVERNMENT U TURN ON EMPTY HOMES
Empty Homes Agency - 17th July 2008
The Empty Homes Agency (EHA) has reacted with dismay to the Government's announcement yesterday (Wednesday) that it will not, after all, reward councils for taking action to bring empty property back into use.
Empty Homes Agency responds to Boris Johnson's Empty Homes Plans
Empty Homes Agency - 8th July 2008
Responding to the mayor of London's announcement today that £60 million would be available to local authorities and housing associations for bringing empty homes back into use for those in housing need, Chief Executive of the Empty Homes Agency David Ireland said:
"The mayor is right to target housing funding in this way. Not only do empty homes cause local blight and attract petty crime, bringing them back into use creates much needed housing. With the credit crunch causing housebuilders to down tools, this is a sensible and timely way of creating more homes. I call on councils and housing associations in London to grasp the opportunity this offers."
First Rise In Empty Homes For Nine Years
Empty Homes Agency - 27th May 2008
Empty homes are increasing in England for the first time in nine years.
The latest statistics published today by the Empty Homes Agency show an increase of nearly 10,000 to a new total of 672,924.
MAYORAL HOPEFULS VIE FOR TOP SLOT IN RESPONSE TO THE LONDON EMPTY HOMES CHALLENGE
Empty Homes Agency - 24th April 2008
The Empty Homes Agency (EHA) today reveals the results of its London Empty Homes Challenge.
CAMPAIGNERS CHALLENGE LONDON MAYORAL CANDIDATES TO PLEDGE ACTION ON EMPTY HOMES
Empty Homes Agency - 31st March 2008
The Empty Homes Agency today throws down the gauntlet to the contenders for the London mayoralty on empty homes.
RE-USING OLD BUILDINGS GREENER THAN NEW BUILD IN FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE - 13th March 2008
New research published by the Empty Homes Agency with support from the Building and Social Housing Foundation today [Monday] suggests that the advantages of older, existing housing are being seriously overlooked in the fight against climate change.
MOD Empty Homes on the Today Programme- 6th March 2008
The MOD spend millions of pounds every year keeping homes empty incase service families need them. Angus Crawford reports.
Secretary of State Orders the Sale of Wasted Council Homes - 6th March 2008
The Empty Homes Agency welcomes Hazel Blear’s decision this week to order the sale of a row of large empty houses owned by Liverpool council...
PUT ACTION ON EMPTY HOMES AT THE HEART OF HOUSING GRANT TO COUNCILS
Empty Homes Agency
The Empty Homes Agency (EHA) has called for effective action on empty homes to be at the heart of the Government's plans to reward local authorities for housing supply.