Category: Press & Media Coverage (page 3)

A scheme which encourages owners to bring their empty properties back into use is celebrating its sucess in the Dover district. Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF version of the article

Taking Action On Empty Homes Dover District Council continues to work with Kent’s No Use Empty Campaign to address the number of empty homes across the area – read an article which demonstrates the powers available to the local council…

Can empty homes provide a short answer to the UK’s national hosing shortage and feed a starving property market? No Use Empty is the largest and most successful scheme of its kind in the country, according to the charity, Empty…

Ministers say we need an extra 3 million homes Read Duncan Farmer’s report featuring Kent’s No Use Empty Campaign Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF version of the article

Loans plan to tackle scandal of Britain’s empty homes. A new initiative in Kent could lead the way in putting the UK’s 600,000 derelict homes back into use. Lisa Bachelor reports. Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF…

Despite a shortage of adequate housing, millions of properties are left empty all over the UK. Laura Sharman finds out how local authorities can work together to address this problem and bring empty homes back into use.

A HARD-hitting campaign to target the problem of empty properties in East Kent unveiled. A fund of £5 million has been set aside to pay for possible financial incentives in the next three years and a new website and phone…

Kent checks cost of turning empties into homes – The survey conducted by Fordham Research Limited has found the cost of refurbishing the homes to the standard needed for habitation could be surprisingly low.

As the Thames Gateway Forum draws near, more organisations are developing ways to help make the vision of regeneration in Kent. Most recently Kent County Council in partnership with the local councils of Dover, Thanet, Shepway and Swale are delivering…