Take Action

Action on Empty Homes wants to work with all those who want to tackle the problem of empty homes across England.

How you can get involved:

Subscribe to our monthly e-bulletin to get the latest news and information - email [email protected] with 'subscribe to bulletin' in the subject header.
Become an Action on Empty Homes Local Contact - we are building a network of local contacts to improve both national and local communication around the issue and its relation to our national housing crisis.
If you are part of a local housing justice group invite us to come and speak to your group about taking action on empty homes.
Support our local election campaigns - every year we will be campaigning on empty homes where local elections are taking place.
Become a campaign volunteer - we welcome volunteers who are willing to give up some of their own time to help us. If you want to help with media campaigns, or policy and research – click here for details or just get in touch for a discussion.

However you want to get involved, just get in touch at to [email protected]

Latest

Using empty homes to regenerate communities - our report looks at how

Brighid Carey shows how affordable housing can be delivered from empty homes through collaboration with communities
Bethnal Green home left empty for months awaiting auction sell-off to go to homeless family

Bethnal Green home left empty for months while Peabody attempted auction sell-offs is now to house a homeless family after a successful campaign led by local activists and backed by Action on Empty Homes.
Bradford has over 4,000 long-term empty homes report Big Issue

In a story headlined 'Empty Promises' the Big Issue North reports on Bradford's 4,000 plus empty homes. While nearly 16,000 languish on council waiting lists and action has been taken on less than 100
Coalition for Community Investment

Cross-sector coalition calling for Government investment led by Action on Empty Homes supported by Locality, Shelter, Crisis, Residential Landlords Association, Propertymark, National Housing Federation, Northern Housing Consortium, Federation of Master Builders, National Community Land Trust Network

Best practice resources

As well as reports on our work with community-based demonstration projects, bringing empty homes into use, this area will feature our upcoming Best Practise Toolkits. These will include a Toolkit for local authority officers, a Community Toolkit and links to sources of advice.

Meet the team

Our staff team and Board of Trustees work closely together to ensure that Action on Empty Homes campaigns for change in the most effective way.
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Why empty homes matter

There are over 216,000 homes long-term empty when England needs over 300,000 additional homes each year. Bringing long-term empty homes back into use will also help rebuild neighbourhoods and make environmental sense.
Support Action on Empty Homes

We rely on support from individuals and grant funders. Want to support us? Then click the donate box at the top of the page.
What we do

Action on Empty Homes campaigns for empty homes to be brought into use for people in housing need. We raise awareness, campaign for policy change, provide advice and research and develop ideas to help bring empty homes into use
Publications and Research

We produce three types of publications: Campaign publications advocating policy responses to end the waste of empty homes Reports on active programmes to bring empty homes into use Research and analysis of the empty homes issue, including the only comprehensive annual analysis of official data
The solutions

We believe in community-led action to tackle empty homes, encouraged by active local authorities to support grassroots initiatives, underpinned by a government investment strategy to bring long-term empties back into use.
Privacy Policy

Privacy policy – last updated 1 May 2019
Consultancy and Training

Our expertise can help local authorities and community groups find solutions to empty homes in local communities.
Support Action on Empty Homes

£10 will help us give advice on an empty home. £20 will pay for campaign materials. £100 will help us support a community group.