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| ⚫ | The '''Empty Homes Agency''' was established in 1992 by Antony Fletcher with assistance from ] as a registered charity in England that works to help people create homes from empty properties and campaigns for more empty homes to be brought into use for the benefit of those in housing need. In 2010 it changed its operational name to '''Empty Homes'''. The founding director was Bob Lawrence. In 2018 it changed its name to '''Action on Empty Homes'''. | ||
| ⚫ | == The charity == | ||
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| ⚫ | The Empty Homes Agency is a charitable ], as well as a charitable housing association, and a member of the National Federation of Housing. It is a registered charity in England, No. 27697R, but is registered under the ] and thus not registered with the ]. | ||
| Will McMahon was appointed as Director in May 2018. | |||
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| ⚫ | == Publications == | ||
| ⚫ | The Empty Homes Agency is a charitable ], as well as a charitable housing association |
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| ⚫ | The charity publishes year statistics on the number of empty homes in England. In 2018 Action on Empty Homes estimated that there were 216,000 empty homes in the UK,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emptyhomes.com/documents/pr/09-10nwoabrief.doc |title=Archived copy |accessdate=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710191654/http://www.emptyhomes.com/documents/pr/09-10nwoabrief.doc |archivedate=10 July 2011 }}</ref> the highest level for a decade. The charity has also put out numerous publications on how to bring empty properties back into use, for both owners as well as members of the public. | ||
| ⚫ | == Campaigns == | ||
| Empty Homes' Chief Executive David Ireland is often quoted in the housing press, and is a respected spokesperson for empty homes work. Recent media coverage has included an interview alongside the Dutch architect Ineke Hulshof on the BBC Radio 4 Program You and Yours, and articles in several media outlets concerning the 12,000 ‘unoffical’ empty homes discovered by researchers at Empty Homes. | |||
| ⚫ | The charity highlights the level of housing need in the UK and believes that bringing more empty homes into use provides more homes that in turn helps to ease housing need. The charity has mounted several campaigns aimed at changing government policy to help more empty homes to be brought into use. | ||
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| ⚫ | The charity publishes year statistics on the number of empty homes in England. |
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| === Empty dwelling management orders === | |||
| ⚫ | Its successes include successfully lobbying the government to introduce ]s (EDMOs) – legislation to enable local authorities to take over the management control of dwellings that have been empty for six months or more in a forced lease scheme. The legislation caused considerable controversy, although the orders have only been issued a handful of times since the legislation came into practice in 2006. | ||
| == '''Empty Homes Campaigns''' == | |||
| ⚫ | The charity highlights the level of housing need in the UK and believes that bringing more empty homes into use provides more homes that in turn helps to ease housing need. The charity has mounted several campaigns aimed at changing government policy to help more empty homes to be brought into use. |
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| === ''EDMOs'' === | |||
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| === ''Cut the VAT'' === | === ''Cut the VAT'' === | ||
| Empty Homes are part of the Cut the VAT Coalition which believes that reducing VAT from 17.5% to 5% for all maintenance and home improvement work would help the Government achieve its target of cutting carbon emissions by 60% by 2050. It has successfully persuaded government to change the rules on VAT, with discounts currently at 5%. | Empty Homes are part of the ] which believes that reducing VAT from 17.5% to 5% for all maintenance and home improvement work would help the Government achieve its target of cutting carbon emissions by 60% by 2050, as well as encourage the refurbishment and use of empty properties. It has successfully persuaded government to change the rules on VAT, with discounts currently at 5%. | ||
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| In 2003, Empty Homes successfully lobbied for a campaign to allow councils to reduce of eliminate council tax discounts on empty properties, which Ireland previously referred to as ‘nonsense’ on the |
In 2003, Empty Homes successfully lobbied for a campaign to allow councils to reduce of eliminate council tax discounts on empty properties, which David Ireland previously referred to as ‘nonsense’ on the charity's blog.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} | ||
| ===Ongoing campaigns === | |||
| In 2010 Empty Homes successfully campaigned for additional public spending for bringing empty homes into use. The Government announced that it would allocate £100 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/housing-management/%C2%A3100m-to-bring-empty-homes-back-into-use/6512202.article |title=£100m to bring empty homes back into use | News | Inside Housing |accessdate=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030232158/http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/housing-management/%C2%A3100m-to-bring-empty-homes-back-into-use/6512202.article |archivedate=30 October 2010 }}</ref> for schemes bringing empty homes into use as part of the comprehensive spending review. Following this funding, academic research has been published on 'empty homes' projects; for example, in 2016 an article in ''Public Money and Management'' which examined the dynamics of a successful collaborative 'empty homes' partnership comprising housing associations, social enterprises and local government.<ref>Gillett, A., Loader, K., Doherty, B., & Scott, J. M. (2016). A multi-organizational cross-sectoral collaboration: empirical evidence from an ‘Empty Homes’ project. Public Money & Management, 36(1), 15–22.</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | The charity has been responsible for helping dozens of local authorities set up successful empty property strategies, and in 2010 was asked by the ] to help administer a comprehensive training programme to help several authorities that were struggling.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} | ||
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| In 2010 it successfully campaigned for additional public spending for bringing empty homes into use. The Government announced that it would allocated for schemes bringing empty homes into use as part of the comprehensive spending review. | |||
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The Empty Homes Agency was established in 1992 by Antony Fletcher with assistance from Serge Lourie as a registered charity in England that works to help people create homes from empty properties and campaigns for more empty homes to be brought into use for the benefit of those in housing need. In 2010 it changed its operational name to Empty Homes. The founding director was Bob Lawrence. In 2018 it changed its name to Action on Empty Homes.
The charity
The Empty Homes Agency is a charitable industrial and provident society, as well as a charitable housing association, and a member of the National Federation of Housing. It is a registered charity in England, No. 27697R, but is registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 and thus not registered with the Charity Commission.
Will McMahon was appointed as Director in May 2018.
Publications
The charity publishes year statistics on the number of empty homes in England. In 2018 Action on Empty Homes estimated that there were 216,000 empty homes in the UK, the highest level for a decade. The charity has also put out numerous publications on how to bring empty properties back into use, for both owners as well as members of the public.
Campaigns
The charity highlights the level of housing need in the UK and believes that bringing more empty homes into use provides more homes that in turn helps to ease housing need. The charity has mounted several campaigns aimed at changing government policy to help more empty homes to be brought into use.
Empty dwelling management orders
Its successes include successfully lobbying the government to introduce empty dwelling management orders (EDMOs) – legislation to enable local authorities to take over the management control of dwellings that have been empty for six months or more in a forced lease scheme. The legislation caused considerable controversy, although the orders have only been issued a handful of times since the legislation came into practice in 2006.
Cut the VAT
Empty Homes are part of the Cut the VAT Coalition which believes that reducing VAT from 17.5% to 5% for all maintenance and home improvement work would help the Government achieve its target of cutting carbon emissions by 60% by 2050, as well as encourage the refurbishment and use of empty properties. It has successfully persuaded government to change the rules on VAT, with discounts currently at 5%.
Council tax discount
In 2003, Empty Homes successfully lobbied for a campaign to allow councils to reduce of eliminate council tax discounts on empty properties, which David Ireland previously referred to as ‘nonsense’ on the charity's blog.
Ongoing campaigns
In 2010 Empty Homes successfully campaigned for additional public spending for bringing empty homes into use. The Government announced that it would allocate £100 million for schemes bringing empty homes into use as part of the comprehensive spending review. Following this funding, academic research has been published on 'empty homes' projects; for example, in 2016 an article in Public Money and Management which examined the dynamics of a successful collaborative 'empty homes' partnership comprising housing associations, social enterprises and local government.
The charity has been responsible for helping dozens of local authorities set up successful empty property strategies, and in 2010 was asked by the Homes and Communities Agency to help administer a comprehensive training programme to help several authorities that were struggling.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "£100m to bring empty homes back into use | News | Inside Housing". Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- Gillett, A., Loader, K., Doherty, B., & Scott, J. M. (2016). A multi-organizational cross-sectoral collaboration: empirical evidence from an ‘Empty Homes’ project. Public Money & Management, 36(1), 15–22.
External links
- Empty Homes Agency website
- Empty Dwellings Management Orders, The Facts, 2006, Empty Homes Agency
- Councils to take over empty homes, BBC, 24 June 2006 – description of Empty Dwelling Management Order
- Empty Homes on BBC Radio 4
- Empty homes to be demolished 'hidden from figures'
- Empty Homes Blog