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 lux party flats. From the city to the coast its time to start building for local needs not developer profits Read more
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
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 and housing emergencies. Read more

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

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 lux party flats. From the city to the coast its time to start building 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 and housing emergencies. Read more

Latest

JOB AD: We are looking for a new Director

Want to lead a campaign challenging the way the current housing investment model drives up numbers of long-term empties, underutilised short-lets, 2nd homes and buy-to-leave empty wealth investments? If so this is the job for you...
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.
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.
Second homes debate hots up as Conservative backbenchers call for action on housing crisis

Across the country councils and MPs are calling for Government action as a second homes and Airbnb explosion sucks housing out of residential use and pushes rents and houseprices beyond the pockets of local residents

How do I find the owner of an abandoned property?

Action on Empty Homes does not have the capacity to assist individuals or property developers in locating the owners of individual empty properties, but we can access expert advice for you and there are a number of ways in which the owner may be located, these are listed here:
Facts and figures

Government publish data on vacant dwellings for each local authority and for England as a whole. Action on Empty Homes publishes the most authoritative guide to empty homes data and each year we analyse the official data on long-term empty homes, producing the only comprehensive analysis of this data.
Massive 20% rise in empty homes up over 42,000 to 268,385 while 100,000 families are stuck in Temporary Accommodation

Government data released today shows a massive year on year rise of over 42,000 to a total of 268,385 long-term empty homes in England, as nearly 100,000 families languish in temporary accommodation. This is the biggest rise since current records began.
October 9th 2021 Day of Action - We are in a climate, health and housing emergency!

On Saturday 9th October 2021 the Campaign Against Empty Homes, a coalition Action on Empty Homes is part of, held a national Day of Action to highlight the waste of empty homes across England. You can watch it on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/JpnSAtEDZS4
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.
London empty homes mapped

An interactive map showing London's empty homes by Borough alongside the costs of accommodation for homeless Londoners
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
In Empty Homes Week 2022 we call for action and investment

In Empty Homes Week 2022 we explain the areas of policy that fail our homeless and families in need of genuinely affordable housing. Empty homes have two roles in this they can house the homeless and they can show us where housing policy fails by building 'The Wrong Housing' to end the Housing Crisis
Ask your local candidates to Sign up to the Campaign Against Empty Homes Local Election Manifesto

The Campaign Against Empty Homes is supported by Action on Empty Homes The Big Issue Disabled People Against Cuts Fuel Poverty Action The Green Party Homes for All Labour Homelessness Campaign London Renters’ Rights Peace & Justice Project Radical Housing Network Social Housing Action Campaign Southwark Defend Council Housing Streets Kitchen Street Storage Unite Community London and South East Unite the Union London and Eastern Region
Future proofing: Use Empty Homes Week 2022 to explore retrofitting while renovating

Empty Homes Week 2022 takes place from Monday February 28th to Sunday March 6th. Brighid Carey, AEH Consultancy and Projects Manager says we should all use the focus it offers to explore retrofitting while renovating and bringing empty homes back into use