Action on Empty Homes

Action on Short Lets Campaign Calls for new Council Powers to Refuse Airbnbs

Campaigners are calling on Government to offer communities the power to limit short lets and stop Airbnb sucking homes out of residential use Read more
Consequences of growth of short-term lets in Bristol: Manchester & New York perspectives. Online Roundtable. RECORDING AVAILABLE ONLINE

The impacts of short-term lets in cities like Manchester and New York show they are associated with neighbourhood gentrification, community displacement and skyrocketing rents. Our livestreamed roundtable discussion explores what these impacts may be in Bristol and what can be done. WATCH ONLINE NOW Read more
Campaign Against Empty Homes Coalition Day of Action Saturday 22 October

The Campaign Against Empty Homes Coalition will be protesting against the waste of all empty homes from those left to rot, to those built to house nobody as Airbnb lets and luxury party flats. From the city to the coast its time to providing homes for local needs not developer profits Read more
Retrofit ‘Call to Action’ more important than ever!

Action on Empty Homes has launched a Call to Action for the whole-house retrofitting of empty homes to tackle the climate, energy price and housing emergencies. Read more

Action on Empty Homes focus on the 237,340 long-term empty homes in England and bringing them back into use for people in need of homes
- with over 900,000 vacant homes in all, it's time for action

Current Projects

From our Retrofit Call to Action and toolkit for community-led empty homes projects to work tackling wealth investor ‘buy to leave’ and the Global Empty Homes Network; plus national coalitions the Campaign Against Empty Homes and Better Planning Coalition

Community Action on Empty Homes Toolkit

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.

Our impact

120	120 local authorities take part in Empty Homes Week
9,000	Our campaign for the Government to fund schemes to bring empty homes into use was adopted. Between 2012 and 2015 over 9,000 new homes were created. We need this re-started
200%	Council Tax can be doubled on empty homes. New proposals impose this at 12 months and will allow councils to double tax on unused '2nd homes' too. We campaigned against discounts for empties and 2nd homes and support tougher powers for councils

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Nobody's Home

Our latest report on London's housing crisis looks at how wealth investment fuels London's failed development model and locks Londoners out of decent affordable housing

Latest events

Regulating Airbnb: Approaches from Berlin, Barcelona and Amsterdam

Airbnb is having an impact all over the country, reducing the number of homes available for permanent residents, whether in desirable coastal and rural areas or the 1 in 50 homes in London. 'How have cities across Europe mitigated the impacts of Airbnb on housing markets? What can we learn from their experiences?' RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE ON YouTube Read more
Start: 23^rd February, 2022 at 7:00pm

End: 1^st January, 2050 at 8:15pm

Published: 1^st February, 2022

Updated: 4^th April, 2022

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Location: Online at https://youtu.be/s5ShIf2BU1o
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Consequences of growth of short-term lets in Bristol: Manchester & New York perspectives. Online Roundtable. RECORDING AVAILABLE ONLINE

The impacts of short-term lets in cities like Manchester and New York show they are associated with neighbourhood gentrification, community displacement and skyrocketing rents. Our livestreamed roundtable discussion explores what these impacts may be in Bristol and what can be done. WATCH ONLINE NOW Read more
Start: 13^th September, 2022 at 2:00pm

End: 13^th September, 2022 at 3:30pm

Published: 25^th August, 2022

Updated: 26^th September, 2022

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Community Action on Empty Homes - London Sept 14th

Free event for Empty Homes officers and those working with empty homes. A morning of networking, food and hospitality, and knowledge-sharing. Action on Empty Homes will launch our ‘Community Action on Empty Homes Toolkit’ Read more
Start: 14^th September, 2022 at 10:00am

End: 14^th September, 2022 at 1:30pm

Published: 2^nd September, 2022

Updated: 26^th September, 2022

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Location: Friends House, 173 - 177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ
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Latest stories

Community Action is gaining ground

Brighid Carey updates us on AEH's work to support community-led action on empty homes and the positive reception for our Community Action Toolkit by communities and from politicians across the political spectrum. Read more
Empty Homes Community Action Partnerships - Reading shows the way

Brighid Carey explains a new collaborative approach to bringing empty homes into use – led by communities working in partnership with a range of stakeholders and with empty homeowners to deliver affordable housing for local people. Read more
Empty Homes Week 2022 showed the need for action and investment

Across the country Empty Homes Week 2022 saw councils showcase innovation as national voices called on Government to invest in the wasted opportunity empty homes represent - in order to expand housing supply and meet NetZero and energy price-rise challenges. Read more

Action on Empty Homes focus on the 237,340 long-term empty homes in England and bringing them back into use for people in need of homes- with over 900,000 vacant homes in all, it's time for action

Our impact

120

9,000

200%

Latest events

Latest stories

Action on Empty Homes focus on the 237,340 long-term empty homes in England and bringing them back into use for people in need of homes
- with over 900,000 vacant homes in all, it's time for action