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Empty homes and council tax explained
Housing associations win case against London boroughs charging tax According to Inside Housing: A tribunal has ordered local authorities to stop charging housing associations…
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Bring homes back into use by removing Council Tax exemption
The decision to remove council tax exemption for empty homes has helped generate £777,000 of extra revenue for Birmingham City Council. According to LG…
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Court view of exemptions to council tax on void homes
The Valuation Tribunal for England (the “Valuation Tribunal”) have recently published their long awaited judgment on granting exemptions to pay Council Tax on void…
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More than 1/3 of empty homes, empty for 6 months or more are on the rise
In more than a third of English council areas the number of homes that have been empty for more than six months is on…
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Bedroom tax – consequences?
This is an interesting read from guardian Society – read this blog from Patrick about the in efficiency of the bedroom tax and its…
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Joint procurement of repairs
Three north east social landlords have joined up to procure maintenance repairs worth more than £13 million over a four-year partnership. According to Inside…
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£6m to bring back 1000 Merseyside homes
A local authority is investing £6 million to bring 1,000 empty properties back into use. According to LG news: As part of its plan,…
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Void Management Survey of HAs
The latest survey on Voice Management by HAs is available from oneserve and iGov The introduction of welfare reforms in 2013, notably Universal Credit…
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Council uses empty homes order to help bedroom tax tenants
Knowsley Council has taken control of a problem property, allowing a tenant affected by the bedroom tax to downsize. Inside Housing has reported: The…
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CPOs are not helpful to bring empty homes back into use
Councils have called for changes to the ‘overly complex and bureaucratic’ compulsory purchase order system to start bringing 700,000 empty homes back into use.…
