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Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Pledges £100k to Empty Homes Scheme

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council pledges £100,000 to No Use Empty Award winning empty homes scheme, No Use Empty (NUE), has received a commitment of £100,000 from Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to provide top-up loans to help bring long-term empties back…

NUE celebrating National Empty Homes Week

National Empty Homes Week 2017 National Empty Homes Week will take place from Monday 16th October to 22nd October. Every year local authorities, housing providers, community-led organisations and others see Empty Homes Week as an opportunity to organise events and put…

Former British Volunteer Pub, Ashford now completed

Former British Volunteer Pub, Ashford History The original pub was converted by the army in the 1860s from two old cottages which stood alongside barracks after several licensees in the town refused to serve troublesome soldiers. Like so many once…

Shepway NUE Top Up Loans – Scoop National Innovation Award

Shepway No Use Empty Plus Scoops National Innovation Award Shepway District Council (SDC) were presented with the Innovation Award at this year’s national Empty Homes Conference held in Birmingham organised by the Empty Homes Network. Iain Cobby, Private Sector Housing…

Margate Civic Society, Town Pride Awards – NUE Project Highly Commended

Margate Civic Society, Town Pride Awards 2017 The results of this yearâ€™s Town Pride Awards were announced at the meeting of the Margate Civic Society held at the prestigious Walpole Bay Hotel, Cliftonville on Thursday, 11 May. A grand total…

NUE Announce Thanet Owner Occupier Scheme

Thanet District Council – Owner Occupier Loan Scheme Thanet District Council will be the first council in Kent to provide loans for home-owners looking to renovate and then move into former empty properties. Secured loans of up to £20,000 will be…

Kent on Sunday Article

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NUE undertaking to deliver More Affordable Homes in Folkestone

Solini Court, Dover Road, Folkestone A Local Property Developer has added a further 11 Affordable Homes to his property portfolio with Solini Court nearing completion. NUE launched an affordable homes project in 2012 in response to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)…

NUE Ashford project striding to the finish

Former British Volunteer Pub, Ashford Our first loan supported project in New Street, Ashford is taking great strides to the finish line. The former public house situated close to the centre of Ashford had remained boarded up for more than…

NUE – Gravesham Success

Gravesham Borough Council – “Empty property scheme hailed a success” Edwin Street, Gravesend A GRAVESHAM property is proving to be another success story of Kent County Council’s No Use Empty (NUE) Scheme. NUE loaned property owner Mrs Devinder Dhami £25k to get…

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