Scottish Empty Homes Conference 2023

The Scottish Empty Homes Conference returns in 2023

With the theme Repair, Reuse, Revitalise, the 12^th Scottish Empty Homes Conference was held on Wednesday 1 March 2023 at The Engine Shed, Stirling.

Thank you to all those who were able to join us in person or via the digital platform. We are also very grateful to our speakers for their time and engaging presentations.

Many thanks to our gold sponsor Finders International, silver sponsors Auction House Scotland, Fraser & Fraser, and Brodies LLP, and bronze sponsor Online Property Auctions for their support of this year’s conference.

As announced at the conference, SEHP is partnering with housing specialists Arneil Johnston, to launch new guidance to assist local authorities bring some of Scotland’s nearly 43,000 long term empty homes back into use. The documents are available to view and download from the links below -

Framework Guide

Framework Template

Videos of all presentations can be viewed here:

Keynote address

Shona Robison MSP

Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government

https://vimeo.com/805146681

Gold sponsor welcome

Katie Watson

Public Sector Development Manager – Empty Homes

Finders International

https://vimeo.com/805150218