The Empty Homes Network

One week to go until our webinar with Nick Beetham, hosted by Fraser and Fraser, looking at the national empty homes statistics, and discussing all things empty homes. There still time to register for this FREE to attend webinar, and registration can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eBPippp9

Update on the Empty Homes MPs Roundtable that Capital Letters and Crisis organised yesterday. It was really positive, we had Labour Party (UK), Liberal Democrats and cross benchers, and they all agreed to look at what simple steps the group can suggest, to start getting the 265,000 empty homes in the UK back into use. One really interesting point brought up by Adam Hug is that it’s probably a lot more homes than that – because you have to register a home as empty and then you have to pay more council tax, and some unscrupulous owners, just don’t register or they lie about it. So, 265,000 homes (the size of Hull) is the smallest possible number, because they are the registered ones. Huge thanks to all the MPs and Peers who came along Paula Barker MP (Labour, Liverpool Wavertree) Jonathan Brash MP (Labour, Hartlepool) Harpreet Uppal MP (Labour, Huddersfield) Sian Berry MP (Green Party, Brighton Pavilion) Lord Richard Best (Crossbench) Baroness Kathryn Pinnock (Liberal Democrat) – Lib Dem Housing Spokesperson in the House of Lords Baroness Olly Grender (Liberal Democrat) Baroness Mary Watkins (Crossbench) Baroness Diana Warwick (Labour) With expert evidence from Sue Edmonds CEO Capital Letters Jasmine Amber Basran Head of Policy and Campaigns at Crisis Adam Hug representing the Local Government Association Adam Cliff from The Empty Homes Network Mia Briggs and Peter Naya from The Public Affairs Company #localgovernment #emptyhomes #ukhousing #ukproperty #politicalchange #socialchange #socialgood

A gloomy day in London, but not enough to dampen the spirits in spreading the message. Privileged to have the opportunity today, along with Capital Letters and Crisis, to discuss empty homes with a group of MPs and Peers. On the release of this years Council Taxbase and the national statistics, there’s never been a better time to give empty homes the focus and attention they require.

Today Capital Letters and Crisis are hosting an Empty Homes Roundtable with MPs and Peers to hear from sector experts and discuss what more can be done to bring empty homes back into use. With Local Government Association, Action on Empty Homes, The Empty Homes Network, Adam Cliff, Adam Hug, Sue Edmonds Mia Briggs The Public Affairs Company The Labour Party The Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Green Party of England and Wales #emptyhomes #ukhousing

Empty Homes Officers, we have an informative webinar for you! Register for our FREE webinar with Adam Cliff, Policy Lead of the Empty Homes Network. Adam will be discussing Council Taxbase 2024 -The National Statistics and the wider Empty Homes Picture Register today: https://lnkd.in/eBPippp9

Fantastic article showing the positive impact that No Use Empty Kent are having, and the difference brining empty homes has on their communities and neighbourhoods!

Council Taxbase 2024 | Statistics released today show that there are more properties being charged the empty homes premium, having been vacant for over 2 years (119,606), than there are households in Temporary Accommodation (117,450). The number of empty homes has risen for the third year running, reaching 845,000 across England. Read our initial breakdown of the national figures here: https://lnkd.in/eYPK7EE3

Why are there so many empty homes and what can be done about them? In Britain, there are estimated to be between 1.2m and 1.5m empty homes that could be brought back into circulation, housing families in temporary accommodation or providing the ideal option for first-time buyers. With the help of Adam Cliff from the Empty Homes Network and Chris Bailey from Action on Empty Homes. #RICSModus explores the problem of empty homes and the reasons why they aren’t being used: http://ms.spr.ly/6043WZhrh

EHN National Empty Homes Conference 2025 | Save the date! Really excited to share that our annual flagship Conference will be returning to thestudio..., Birmingham, on Wednesday 21st May for our 2025 event! With thanks to Fraser and Fraser returning as our Main Event sponsor, our sponsorship opportunities brochure is now available to view on our dedicated Conference Event webpage here: https://lnkd.in/eUYmWucg Delegate places can also now be secured, with our full programme of sessions and speakers to be announced in the New Year. We look forward to seeing you there!!

Still time to register and secure a place at Thursday's FREE Empty Homes Training Day in Manchester, hosted by Finders International Probate Genealogists!