Scottish Empty Homes Awards 2022

Nominations are now closed for the Auction House Scotland 11th Scottish Empty Homes Awards and finalists will be announced soon.

The awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding work and achievements of individuals and organisations in the revitalisation of empty homes across Scotland.

Now in its eleventh year, the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership and its network of Empty Homes Officers and partners across Scotland have helped to bring more than 6,600 empty homes back into use.

The Auction House Scotland 11th Scottish Empty Homes Awards are a great opportunity to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the people behind this progress, as our network continues with its mission to transform empty spaces into thriving places.

Finalists in the following categories will be announced soon:

Best Before and After – This award is for the best transformation of an empty home. We’re looking for photos and/or videos that can tell the story of how the empty space has become a thriving place!

Outstanding Individual – This award is to recognise a practitioner who has come up with a particularly innovative solution for empty homes work, or shown tenacity, dedication, and hard work to develop an empty homes service.

Outstanding Team – This award is for an exceptional internal team of people working together to tackle empty homes or an external collaboration in bringing an empty home(s) back into use.

Best Old Wreck – This award is for the best restoration of a long-term empty home. We know that the longer a home is empty, the harder it can be to bring it back into use. We think overcoming these additional challenges deserve recognition.

The Award Ceremony will take place on Tuesday 1st February at the annual Scottish Empty Homes Conference 2022 at COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh.