Tag: empty properties
Birmingham City Council set to purchase empty properties
Cabinet is set to approve a£4.633 million package to purchase more privately owned empty properties on 28 June. The properties across the city have been empty for a considerable period of time and the council is seeking to bring the properties back into use, to provide much needed housing and to remove the negative impact […]
Empty Properties Success
Birmingham's success in bringing 1,400 privately owned empty properties back into use has given a massive boost to the city's housing stock and brought huge financial gains for the city. The decision taken by Birmingham City Council to remove the Council Tax exemption for empty homes has meant that in 2013/14 Birmingham generated £777k of […]
Funding to bring empty properties back into use
Response to announcement by the Communities Minister of empty homes funding for the city. Empty Homes projects in Birmingham have been successful in securing a total of £1.7m in funding from the Homes and Communities Agency. Five organisations, including the council, have been awarded money to bring empty homes back into use as affordable housing […]
Banishing the blight of empty properties
The number of empty properties in the private sector has hit an all time low in Birmingham, following action by the Council. Whilst there are 72,329 vacant dwellings across the West Midlands, in Birmingham the number of empty properties stands at just under 9000- down from 14,000 in 2003. Birmingham City Council is working proactively […]