Action on Empty Homes @emptyhomes
@emptyhomes
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We are a national campaigning charity working to bring empty homes back into use as affordable housing for people who need it.
Joined November 2016
Our major new report with @qurbanist of @sheffielduni and @sse_data recommends policy changes to boost rural and coastal housing access. Inc proposals on '2nd homes', Airbnb licensing, planning, social housing, local tax retention & responsible lending:
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RT @35percent_EAN: Here's the current state of the Elephant & Castle shopping centre redevelopment. It's all registered to an anonymous com…
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RT @thegentleauthor: And so the degradation, decay, disregard and disrespect of the world's most famous bell foundry is allowed to continue…
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@Agents_Homeless @ONS The headline is that over 90% are privately owned as for other breakdowns we'd love to know how many are held by multiple owners / investors but that information won't be available until @mhclg introduce a real open Register of ownership linked to UPRNs and Land Registry data
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RT @HenryPryor: I'll just leave this here;- "Only half of the properties listed last year actually sold."
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RT @MazzucatoM: Without proper governance, AI risks becoming another engine of rent extraction rather than value creation. Ahead of the upc…
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RT @ACORNunion: In the 1920s, Vienna started to build lots of high quality social housing. Unlike the UK, it didn't stop. Today, more that…
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@YsbrydShadow @ex___ob @gow_derek And let's be clear about this longterm empty homes have risen in numbers by 30% since 2016 but here's the thing that needs explaining up 93% in London, while NE only up 4%, NorthWest almost unmoved (down 0.1%) what we are seeing is development driving vacancy.
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RT @emptyhomes: Damning PAC report finds no clear homelessness strategy, no logic to LHA rates, and calls on @mhclg to set affordable hous…
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RT @emptyhomes: 'Siobhain McDonagh, chair @TA_APPG said: “74 children have died in 5 years with temporary accommodation contributing to th…
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Damning PAC report finds no clear homelessness strategy, no logic to LHA rates, and calls on @mhclg to set affordable housing target 'Despite there being an overarching homelessness strategy for each of the devolved nations, England does not have one.'
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'Siobhain McDonagh, chair @TA_APPG said: “74 children have died in 5 years with temporary accommodation contributing to their death.. more than one every month. How shocking is that in the fifth largest economy in the world?"'
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RT @PhinHarper: Few things symbolise the decline of Britain more than this story IMO. 5000 railway arches, largely hand built by skilled br…
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RT @SustainableTall: This is a good policy Owners of homes that have been unoccupied and unfurnished for more than one year, will see Coun…
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RT @Southwark_News: Social housing waiting lists in London the highest in a decade London Councils’ say the rise is due to a combination o…
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RT @davidjmadden: Important piece by @timwhite100 on the loophole that demonstrates why rents in Berlin (and everywhere else) cannot be lef…
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RT @natfednews: The chronic shortage of #SocialHousing has seen demand hit record levels, with over 300,000 households in London alone on w…
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RT @LDNRentersUnion: Councils being run into the ground, partly because of the cost of the homelessness crisis. As a result, many councils…
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RT @emptyhomes: “society will end up divided into 2 kinds of people those who get houses from their parents and spend their income on educa…
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RT @emptyhomes: 'More than 25% of English councils expect to have to sell social homes to balance housing budgets while over a third have c…
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