About us Contact us Media info Media Contacts Please contact the Campaigns Manager, Chris Bailey e-mail protocol: [email protected] (for further contact details click link below for media release) Media Releases NEW 8th November 2023 MEDIA RELEASE Government data released today shows numbers of long-term empty homes rise in EVERY region of England - Over 260,000 wasted long-term empty homes as homelessness peaks Feb 27th National Empty Homes Week 2023 sees call for action on One Million Homes nobody lives in 9 November 2022 MEDIA RELEASE Government data released today shows numbers of long-term empty homes rise in almost every region of England FOR DATA ON EVERY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA plus REGIONAL BREAKDOWNS and stats on where most homes are empty and the biggest rises in empty homes CLICK HERE MEDIA RELEASE New Pretty Vacant report asks - is Manchester Building 'The Wrong Housing'? NOVEMBER 2021 COMMENTARY on the post-Covid 2021 Council Taxbase data: click here 13 Sept 2021: As empty homes numbers shoot up in capital, new report 'Nobody's Home' calls for housing development to meet local needs not investors priorities 20 May 2021: Latest Official Dwelling Stock Statistics reveal One Million homes we aren’t living in as pandemic deaths add to empties 14 April 2021: Coalition calls Empty Homes Day of Action Saturday 17th April - call for action on half a million empty homes 15th Feb 2021: Call for Government to introduce National Empty Homes Strategy at start of Empty Homes Week 2021 as 268,385 wasted homes lie long-term empty after 20% rise this year 11th Nov 2020 Official data shows massive rise in empty homes to 268,385 - the largest rise since current records began 12th August 2020 Global Empty Homes Network Launched in UK, United States and Australia with call for worldwide housing protections during Covid Crisis 28 April 2020 Pretty Vacant: Our New report explains why the next 500 towers won't solve London's housing crisis - as building re-starts across London, we explain why Government action is needed. 9 April 2020: Coronavirus and Empty Homes: How England's half a million empty homes can help the NHS: A Three Point Plan November 2019 MHCLG FIGURES SHOW ANOTHER BIG RISE Click here for more See the data for every local council area in England here, includes regional summary LATEST MHCLG DATA Click here for more For the latest comment and updates follow our Twitter account here What MPs think: Read ComRes research on MPs attitudes to Empty Homes and the Housing Crisis here Film from HuffPost: For a look at how community-led organisations can bring empty homes back to use, with benefits for the whole community, see this recent HuffPost film featuring the great work of Canopy Housing in Leeds, creating homes from empty homes. The film also features a look at the wider picture from Action on Empty Homes, which covers the issues which unite empty homes in high and lower value markets around the country: https://bit.ly/2RHCWGY Media Release Archive (pre - 2019) New poll shows huge parliamentary support for action on empty homes as homeless families in temporary accommodation hit ten-year high New Government figures show empty homes rising at fastest rate for a decade Empty Homes Week 2018 205,000 long-term empties need action now Coalition for Community Investment launched – call for Government action spans private, social and public housing Action needed empty homes rise for the first time since 2008 Empty Homes: why do some areas have high levels? New Housing supply isn’t only about new build Manage Cookie Preferences