A charity is hoping to demonstrate the effectiveness of a
model for bringing empty homes back into use after receiving government
funding. Empty Homes will use £91,000 to
help bring 10 homes in Stoke that had been scheduled for demolition back into
use through a homesteading scheme. David Ireland, chief executive of Empty
Homes, said: ‘This is a terrace of homes that was going to be demolished [by
the council] but they’re going to be transferred so a housing association owns
50 per cent and the other 50 per cent will be sold at a reduced amount for
people to renovate.’ The money from the
CLG will be used for essential external work, with the buyers of the properties
funding the internal changes. Mr Ireland said
buyers must use the property as their sole home and must be able to support a
mortgage. Read more on the Empty Homes
website.
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