Empty Homes
We are committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing, tackling homelessness and improving the condition of housing. One way to achieve this is bringing empty properties back into use.
You may know of properties standing empty in your town or village. Empty properties are a wasted resource and could be brought back into use to provide a home for someone and an income to the owner through sale or rent.
Empty properties can have negative effects on a community such as attracting vandalism, anti-social behaviour, arson and also reducing house prices of neighbouring properties.
We are actively seeking to identify empty properties across the district. We aim to offer encouragement and advice to owners so that properties can be used again as homes.
- View our Empty Homes Information Leaflet
If you know of empty properties or should you become aware of owners of empty homes wishing to bring them back into use, please contact Alice Izzett, Strategic Housing Officer on 01327 322374 for further advice and possible assistance.
Empty Homes charity
Empty Homes is an independent campaigning charity. It exists to highlight the waste of empty property in England and works with others to devise and promote sustainable solutions to bring empty homes back into use. To access the empty homes agency website please go to www.emptyhomes.com.