Minimo Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Should there be one, specifically to identify all the empty properties in the UK. Once identified, the owners could be obliged to make homes available to the homeless. If they are unwilling perhaps they could be subject to compulsory purchase order. Long unused commercial and public buildings should also be brought into use, maybe by charitable endeavours at a nominal rent. Surely that would be better than leaving buildings empty to decay and rot. Buildings needing repair work could be used to train apprentices in all aspects of building/plumbing/decorating trades. Retired masters of these trades might be willing to participate. I appreciate there is a cost involved but wouldn't it be worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmaximus Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Should there be one, specifically to identify all the empty properties in the UK. Once identified, the owners could be obliged to make homes available to the homeless. If they are unwilling perhaps they could be subject to compulsory purchase order. Long unused commercial and public buildings should also be brought into use, maybe by charitable endeavours at a nominal rent. Surely that would be better than leaving buildings empty to decay and rot. Buildings needing repair work could be used to train apprentices in all aspects of building/plumbing/decorating trades. Retired masters of these trades might be willing to participate. I appreciate there is a cost involved but wouldn't it be worth it? The irony is that its councils that tend to own the empty inhabitable properties and I can’t see them wanting any more. Thousands of London council homes left empty. Housing Associations and Local Councils across the UK have thousands of empty homes and properties in their property portfolios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 This data was collected in the census... Housing data for Sheffield, 2001 compared to 2011 here; http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1095273&highlight=housing+census ---------- Post added 07-01-2013 at 18:38 ---------- The Land for the People Kevin Cahill has taken 13 years of brilliant investigative research to complete this book, "Who Own Britain", and uncovers an aristocratic/Tory party conspiracy to keep the land in the hands of the chosen few. It exposes a conspiracy of gigantic proportions. Kevin started his research after being tasked with the aristocracy in the first Sunday Times "Rich List." He came across brick walls of misinformation, lies, and no information at all. The Land Registry still only notes half of England's land, after being in existence for 76 years. Kevin has worked in both the Commons and the Lords and is fully familiar with the working of these chambers. He uncovers the successful conspiracy to take out of circulation the second Doomsday Book, the 1872 Return of Land Owners, that documented who owns what. The aristocratic landowners, through their House of Lords influence and Tory party connections, successfully took the second Doomsday book out of circulation, and attempted to prevent a similar one being done just before WW1, causing the then Liberal government to restrict their powers in 1910. WW1 prevented the census from being completed. They did not want the people to know how much of the land the privileged few owned. Out of sight, out of mind. The 1872 Second Doomsday book covered the current UK and the Irish Republic, which were all one nation at the time. What Kevin Cahill does is compare Ireland right now to the UK. Ireland re-distributed land and the results are all too clear to see. The Irish economy is booming and most of the wealth, contrary to what people think in the UK, is internally generated, not via handouts from the EU. There is no estate over 5,000 acres in Ireland. http://www.progress.org/revwob.htm There was also the "2nd domesday book" that was taken out of circulation. Who owns Britain is now a very expensive book to buy indeed. From £16 new in 2002, it now commands £50 2nd hand. One can only hope it is reprinted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yeah Irelands doing great. That aside something does need to be done with empty properties. I'm always nervy when compulsary purchasing is brought up but if the owner fails to respond let the state step in and get people housed. Maybe guarantee jobs for skilled, unemployed tradesmen. I'd back that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAMALOCHA! Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 houses in disrepair go quite cheap so as an investor I wouldn't like to see this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 There is already legislation relating to empty dwellings, if only Local Housing Authorities would use it. See Schedule 7 to the Housing Act 2004: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/34/contents?text=%22empty%20dwelling%22#match-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Top ten landowners in UK: http://www.countrylife.co.uk/countryside/article/506868/Who-owns-Britain-Top-UK-landowners.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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