80 homes a year brought back to life by our Empty Homes team

Date Added: 02/03/2022

This week is Empty Homes Week

Do you know about the steps we can take to bring empty homes back into use?

In the past ten years, our Empty Homes Team has brought 816 long term empty homes back into use – around 80 every year.

A home can become empty for any number of reasons including if the owner has passed away with no next of kin, has moved away or is unable to afford renovation costs.

We can help owners of empty homes bring their properties back into use, offering financial assistance and advice to help renovations. On some occasions we will offer to refurbish and rent out the property on behalf of the owner using our ‘Let’s Rent’ scheme.

Where there is no possibility of bringing a property back into use through negotiation, some enforcement action may be necessary.

If we take on a home, we will improve the insulation of the property and install low energy lighting and modern controllable heating and hot water systems, all helping to future proof homes and make them more energy efficient.

You can watch this video on our YouTube channel to find out more about how we can help bring empty homes back to life.