The toolkit is a new on-line guidebook that explains how empty homes can be returned to use. Hosted by the Homes and Communities Agency, and written by Empty Homes, the toolkit was put together by a range of organisations from across the housing sector.…read more…
Architect and presenter George Clarke will front a new TV channel 4 TV series to be broadcast this Autumn. The series will highlight the nearly two million British families who don’t have adequate housing, and the million-odd homes lying empty across the UK. Architect Clarke will set out to raise awareness of the issue and offer practical solutions for those affected.
Clarke argues that “the government’s plan to build new homes is not necessarily the right approach,” and suggests ‘more cost effective and efficient ways to utilize the properties that are currently [...]
When the government withdrew its controversial housing market renewal scheme last March there were many who said that the scheme simply couldn’t be stopped. They insisted government would have to bail out the remaining schemes. Government responded and in May a £30million rescue fund was announced and targeted at the five most badly affected areas. Reasonable you might think, but with the details recently published, it has become clear that the funding is only available to councils to pay for moving people out of affected areas. In other words even the government now acknowledges that the areas ravaged and left [...]
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