Posts by Andy Moseley
Case Study – Pauline’s Story – The impact of empty homes on communities
Below is a clip from Pauline’s story. In it she talks about the impact on her mental health of living next door to an empty property for over 2 decades. The issues ranged from water ingress to her own property, to overgrown foliage extending into her garden. Pauline told SEHAS “I can’t take much more;…
[…]Case Study – An empty home that is causing distress in an area where there is no EHO
The Scottish Empty Homes Advice Service (SEHAS) was contacted by a neighbour who had moved into a first-floor flat in 2019, where the home directly below her was empty. At this stage there was no immediate visible signs or issues with the empty property. It should be noted that this flat is in a local…
[…]Bringing homes back into use
This year EHOs recorded 1152 properties brought back into use. Information on how long the home was empty for was available for 69% of these properties. Almost 50% had been empty for between 2 and 5 years and a further 19% had been empty for more than 5 years (including 43 properties that had been…
[…]Case Study – No Grant of Confirmation
A community member contacted the advice service about a property on their street which has been empty for over 25 years. After the original owner died it had been occupied by one of their children until they died. The remaining sibling was elderly and in poor health, with caring responsibilities. After such a long time…
[…]What happens to homes brought back into use
EHOs provided us with information on the outcomes of the cases that they had concluded during the year. EHOs reported 1,039 outcomes (please note, this may include some cases where more than one outcome was recorded). These provide a snapshot of how properties have been utilised when back in use.
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