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A Year of Challenge and Success: Empty Homes Work in Scotland in 2023
In 2023, the 9000th empty home in Scotland was brought back into use. This huge milestone is testament to the hard work of all the Empty Homes Officers (EHOs) and others across the country who have been working on empty homes since the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) was launched 13 years ago. In 2022/23…
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Rural and Islands Housing Action Plan
We were pleased to see the focus given to empty homes at the Scottish Government’s parliamentary debate on Tuesday on their Rural Housing and Island’s Housing Action Plan from all political parties. Attention was given to the blight of empty homes on rural communities, the positive impact empty homes can have for example in housing…
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Strategic Framework launched to help to tackle Scotland’s empty homes
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) has today published new guidance setting out how some of Scotland’s 42,000+ long term empty homes can be used to help to tackle Scotland’s housing emergency. The Strategic Empty Homes Framework guidance and template were developed in partnership with Arneil Johnston, Scotland’s foremost specialist housing consultants, and set out…
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New figures show 9000 Scottish empty homes brought back into use
A report published today by the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) shows that more than 9,000 long term empty homes have been brought back into use in Scotland since the partnership was established in 2010. In its latest impact report, the SEHP reported that Empty Homes Officers supported owners to bring 1,257 long-term empty homes…
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SEHP in the news
Coverage National Empty homes to be used to tackle housing shortage (also on pg14 of the print edition) Daily Record Scottish Housing News New partnership to target empty homes for remote essential worker housing
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