Empty homes numbers are growing across Greater Manchester. In the City 'second home' numbers rose tenfold in a decade. Why is this happening at the time of an acute housing crisis ? Chris Bailey - Action on Empty Homes author of 'Empty Homes in England'; Dr. Richard Goulding, co-author of ‘From Homes to Assets Housing financialisation in Greater Manchester'; Dr. Luke Yates, author of ‘The Airbnb 'movement' for deregulation’ Read more
Centralised approaches alone cannot deliver zero-emission affordable housing or reverse the tide of fuel poverty. We also need local solutions. Action on Empty Homes convened an expert panel to ignite our Call to Action for a Retrofit Revolution. Event playback is now available on Youtube. Read more
Our new report on London housing and how wealth investment fuels London's failed development model and locks Londoners out of decent affordable housing Read more
Our new Toolkit is designed to encourage partnerships between local councils and communities to bring empty homes back into use, to meet local housing needs. Read more
Action on Empty Homes focus on the 268,385 long-term empty homes in England and bringing them back into use for people in need of homes
From our new toolkit for community-led empty homes projects to work tackling wealth investor ‘buy to leave’ and the Global Empty Homes Network; and a national coalition calling on Government to invest to save.
Our new Toolkit is designed to encourage partnerships between local councils and communities to bring empty homes back into use, to meet local housing needs.
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What is happening to London's housing supply and what can we do about it? With Speakers: Rowland Atkinson, Rex McKenzie, Loretta Lees View it all on YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/93Mh6J9HHTg Read more
Cities, mobile capital and housing vacancy - Global Empty Homes Network event: Playback of discussion now available Read more
The Community Action on Empty Homes Toolkit for communities and local authorities to use together, is now available by Brighid Carey who is leading on this project explains the background Read more
The Global Empty Homes Network has been growing and accumulating relevant expertise from the third sector, academia, empty homes policy practitioners, and more from across the world. Read more
The MIPIM conference in Cannes is, in the words of its organisers, ‘the world’s leading property market’, bringing together ‘the most influential players from all property sectors’. Frank Gavurin asks why have so few heard of it? Read more