The Coalition Publishes Its Empty Homes Strategy
November 23, 2011 by admin
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On Monday 21st November the Coalition published its housing strategy document “Laying The Foundations: A Housing Strategy For England”
Chapter 5 sets out their Empty Homes Strategy which confirms that the already announced £100m Empty Homes Programme (2012-2015) will be divided into two separate fundingstreams:
The HCA Empty Homes Programme: Bidding for this programme, to the HCA, is now open and runs until 23rd January 2012. Community led self-help housing organisation can access the programme, but only via a partnership with a registered social landlord (eg a housing association). Further details this programme will appear very shortly on this site, in the section dealing with the Empty Homes Programme.
The Community Grants Programme: Bidding for this programme is currently delayed, pending the appointment of an intermediary agency that will administer it. Community led self-help housing organisations will be able to bid directly in their own right for funding. No date has been set for the commencement of bidding, but the deadline for bids will reflect the delay and is expected to be around late February. The Empty Homes Strategy states that this programme could be as much as £30m, subject to there being sufficient quality bids.
Full details of the CGP and bidding arrangements will appear on this site as soon as they are available.
You can read the full Housing Strategy Document here.
