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emptyhomes

  1. @cllrkemp I'm glad youre still referring to welsh streets in the plural. Does this mean a comprehensive refurb of all of them?
  2. Great news for Stoke where grants for 2 homesteading schemes approved allowing ordinary people to rescue empty homes
  3. @FabLiverpool @welshstreets @savebrit fantastic news. Well done
  4. @RuralGurn nothing against housing assocs, it was the implication that theyre hapless victims that needed challenging
  5. @insidehousing housing assocs: £100bn assets, £884m surplus, yet it's somebody else's fault when they stop building?
  6. @CyngorDa It hasn't been overwhelming. About 70 cases so far, but probably many other cases resolved informally
  7. @CyngorDa When they were introduced EDMOS were described as ASBOs for antisocial houses tinyurl.com/cxtxg7m
  8. Scandal of developer rewarded for neglecting empty house where Conan-Doyle wrote "Adventures of the Empty House" tinyurl.com/clb38dz
  9. Council leaders say extra council tax on empties will stop regeneration. Really? It'll only stop tin it up and wait for bulldozer approach
  10. @MetLines This is shocking John, but its a story played out 300,000 times.
  11. @tomriordan you too, thank you for your help with Latch and Canopy
  12. A brilliant day solving #LeedsEmpties well done @TheSocBiz @greenhouseleeds @MrGeorgeClarke @LeedsCommFound @tomriordan @CYshire
  13. @howarthm homesteading is where people renovate empty homes in exchange for equity. An inspiring idea
  14. Encouraging people to reuse empty homes @gdlive_uk Grand Designs at 1pm today