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Dundee City Council urged to use part of £6 million housing crisis fund to revamp empty homes
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP), set up to help Councils bring empty properties back in to use, has urged Dundee City Council to consider the city’s 1209 long term empty homes as part of its strategy to address the local housing crisis. The Council recently announced a £6 million housing expenditure programme to tackle…
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10th Scottish Empty Homes Conference to go digital in Feb 2021
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership has announced that the 10th Scottish Empty Homes Conference will be held on an online digital platform from 1 – 3 February 2021. With the theme Providing Homes, Helping Recovery, this year’s conference will reflect on the work of the past decade and look at current challenges in Scotland. Shaheena…
[…]Getting beneath the empty homes data – Scottish Borders Council
Getting Beneath the Empty Homes Data Scottish Borders Council A new report by Scottish Empty Homes Partnership drawing on data available on empty homes on the Scottish Government and National Records of Scotland websites alongside data on population and dwellings on the two sites in relation to Scottish Borders Council (SBC). The report is part…
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Providing Homes, Helping Recovery
The need for councils to provide empty homes services is vital not just to tackle the number of homes becoming, and remaining, long term empty as a result of the pandemic, but also to assist local authorities in revitalising local economies and delivering their wider post-Covid recovery plans. Housing Minister Kevin Stewart has noted that…
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Scottish Empty Homes Partnership marks a decade of success
In its 10th annual report published on 29th June, The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) announced that 1,412 previously long-term empty properties have become homes again – a 25% increase on last year’s record. This brings the total number of homes brought back into use since the SEHP was established to 5,756 properties. 44% of…
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