New improvement service for owners of empty properties - January 2007

The sub-region has recently appointed Pathmeads Housing Association to provide an empty property improvement service to assist empty property owners in carrying out necessary repairs. The owners pay a reasonable fee to Pathmeads to have all aspects of the building work carried out for them.

National Week of Action 3-7 December 2007

The message of 'USE IT OR LOSE IT' will be loud and clear on the back of 150 buses travelling throughout the boroughs in north London throughout December.



The sub-region wants to raise awareness about the assistance available to empty property owners (grants, advice and information). However, at the same time, they want to emphasise that owners who refuse to use their empty property, despite all the assistance and help that is available, are liable to enforcement action by their local authority.

London Week of Action 9-13 July 2007

The sub-region is joining forces with the Empty Homes Agency to raise awareness about the problem of empty property across the 6 boroughs, and the waste of potential homes.

TV designer/presenter Oliver Heath will be joining David Ireland (Chief Executive, Empty Homes Agency) during the week of action to help raise awareness of grants and other assistance available to aspiring and existing property owners to bring empty properties back into use.

Oliver has already worked with the sub-region to make an empty property video. He is a designer and television presenter, and has been on BBC Home Front, Changing Rooms, Heaven and Earth, Channel 4's From House to Home and ITV's Front of House. He is also very interested in environmental issues and eco-design.

To see photos from this event click here.

Empty Homes Agency Welcomes NLEP Website - March 2007

With 9,000 private properties across North London lying empty for more than six months and 68,500 households in housing need, the Empty Homes Agency has welcomed this website in helping to tackle housing need.

Desmond Kilroy of the Empty Homes Agency comments: "We welcome the development of the new North London Empty Property website. It will be a really useful resource for residents and owners, as together we all look to bring empty properties back into use."

As well as advice about renting, selling and council-run leasing schemes, the site has information about grants that may be available for repair and building work.

North London Empty Property Site Goes live - February 2007

The North London Empty Property site has been launched. The site is intended to allow empty property owners, neighbours and concerned residents, and people interested in buying an empty property to access information about bringing properties back into use and who to contact.

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