Empty homes being brought back into productive use
MORE than 9,000 empty homes in Scotland have been brought back into productive use, during the last 13 years, but an estimated 43,000 remain. The…
Category: Empty homes
Funding announced to provide ‘affordable’ housing for ‘key’ workers in rural areas
UP to £25m is being made available to provide ‘affordable’ homes for ‘key’ workers in rural parts of Scotland. The fund – being made available…
Scotland’s empty homes, Andy Moseley
SCOTLAND is facing a housing emergency. A chronic shortage of housing is leading to increasing numbers of people in temporary accommodation and longer housing waiting…
Views sought on possible Council Tax hike for empty and second homes
VIEWS are being sought on whether local authorities be given the powers to charge up to double the Council Tax applying to empty and second…
Conversion of former hotel into community housing among award winners
THE renovation of a former hotel in the south-west of Scotland has been named among the winners of awards celebrating the turning around of empty…
Empty homes guidance for local authorities to be launched midweek
GUIDANCE for local authorities – on how they might address the empty homes on their patch – is to be launched in a few days’…
Finalists announced in awards celebrating work on empty homes
THE finalists have been announced by an awards competition recognising the best work in bringing back empty homes into productive use. Says a media announcement,…
Awards recognise rehab of empty homes
AN empty home that had fallen into disrepair, following its owner being admitted into care, has been named among the winners of an annual awards…
Empty homes guide published
A GUIDE has been published, seeking to help bring Scotland’s empty homes back into productive use. The guide was launched today at an annual conference…
‘New life’ breathed into over 600 Glasgow empty homes
OVER 600 empty homes have been brought back to life in Glasgow, which currently has almost 3,000 homes still lying empty. According to an announcement…