KENT ON SUNDAY Dave Mairs looks at the scheme rejuvenating parts of Kent. In 2005, Kent County Council began No Use Empty (NUE), aimed at getting abandoned and derelict properties back on the housing market, the success of which surprised…
3,000 Empty Properties Back Into Use In Kent
KENT’S NO USE EMPTY SCHEME REACHES 3,000 HOME MILESTONE UK’s most successful empty homes initiative enjoys record year, returning 600 empty homes to use No Use Empty (NUE), the empty homes initiative launched by Kent County Council (KCC) in 2005,…
Breaking News – Empty Homes Week – NUE to announce new £1 Million pilot loan project in Thanet
BREAKING NEWS – DECEMBER 2013£1M PROJECT TO LAUNCH IN MARGATE During Empty Homes Week we announced a new project which is now operational – read more below and if interested please do not hesitate to contact us. Thanet District Council (TDC) and…
South East Business features 1st AHP Project
SOUTH EAST BUSINESS OFFICE COMPLEX CONVERTED TO HOUSING First project approved under NUE’s Affordable Homes Project is underway in Folkestone to create seven much needed Affordable Homes.
50 Royal Road
Recovery Method: Enforced Sales Procedure: Section 103 Law and Property Act 1925 Legislation: Section 78 Building Act 1984 – Dangerous Structure (Emergency Measures) Section 79 Building Act 1984 – (Ruinous and Dilapidated) BACKGROUND Thanet District Council originally became involved in…
Former Residential Care Home in Deal restored to create 11 apartments now available to rent
East Kent Mercury – July 2013 This freehold property situated on the seafront in the north end of Deal, with views overlooking the sea is a former residential care home built circa 1900’s remaining empty and boarded up for 5…
An historic island landmark, built in 1882,empty for the last 13 years, is to be given a new lease of life
Sheerness Times Guardian – July 2013 Sheerness Times Guardian 10 July 2013 Read Lewis Dyson’s report on yet another successful project undertaken with funding from Kent’s ground breaking No Use Empty Scheme featuring comments from the owner and Swale Borough Council Member for Housing, Cllr…
Granville Street
This property was served with a Closing Order in December 1990, which prevented it from being occupied due to its poor condition. It has remained empty ever since. The Council secured ownership of the property through a Compulsory Purchase Order…
Latest Property Refurbished Now Available To Let
Ferncroft, Kingsdown Spacious, detached, family house in quiet village location but within easy distance of the parade of local shops, school and beach. Newly refurbished this property comprises : Entrance hall, large, dual aspect sitting room with patio doors onto…
Effective Strategies & Interventions
Published March 2013 Compiled by Dr Jill Stewart (j.l.stewart@greenwich.ac.uk) for the CIEH as part as the Private Sector Housing Evidence Base Featuring: Page 24 : Margate’s private rented sector: delivering housing enforcement and family support in a seaside town Jill Stewart, Maureen…