Friday, 30 January 2015

Landlord to Sell Homes 'Left Empty by the Bedroom Tax'

Accent Group plans to sell 160 homes near Durham on the open market after attempts to offload them for £1 so they could stay in the social sector were unsuccessful. The 20,500-home group said that 130 of the 220 properties it owns in the village of Horden, near Easington, are currently standing empty due to low demand. A further 30 of the 141 homes it owns in Blackhall are also empty. It is looking to sell them all after ‘exhausting’ all attempts to keep them as social homes. It said it offered to sell the homes to Durham County Council for £1 but its approach was rejected. Read more on Inside Housing.

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