Powers designed to help English councils bring empty
homes back into use were used just 17 times in 2014, according to figures
obtained by the Green party MEP Keith Taylor. Empty dwelling management orders
(Edmos) were introduced by the Labour government to make it easier for local
councils to take possession of properties that had fallen into disuse. The
orders allow a council to take temporary ownership of an empty home while it
works with the owner to make it habitable and bring it back into use. However,
councils said they were too complex to use, and the housing minister described
them as an “ineffective” policy from the last government. Read more on the
Guardian website.
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