Bringing Empty Homes Back To Life

There are 7,000 long-term empty homes in Leeds, but Leeds Empties is striving to unlock their potential. Ahead of his session at Homes 2013, co-director Rob Greenland explains how the scheme is working. Leeds Empties began with a call to action in May 2012, where more than 100 people came together to explore ways to bring more of Leeds’ long-term empty homes back into use. We took ideas from that day and developed them further during a six-month pilot – which led to us securing a 12 month contract in April this year with Leeds City Council to bring more of the city’s 7,000 long-term empty homes – 90% of which are privately owned – back into use.  Most of our time is spent delivering our empty homes doctor service – one-to-one support for owners of empty properties. Read more on the CIH website.