Britain's Empty Homes: The Unlearned Lessons

This week offers a chance to celebrate the progress made in bringing some of Britain's 710,000 empty homes back into use. Earlier this week those attending the National Empty Homes Conference heard the number of properties going to waste has been cut by more than 19,000. Speaking at the National Empty Homes Conference on Monday, communities minister Don Foster MP pledged to help "stop the rot" and announced a £300million fund now open to projects bringing empty homes back to life. Foster hopes 5,000 more empty properties can be refurbished and put back onto the market over the next three years.  Read more on the Huffington Post website.