Empty Homes Agency Information

Empty Homes is an independent charity. We help people create homes from empty property and campaign for more empty homes to be brought into use, for the benefit of those in housing need. Empty Homes was established in 1992 as “The Empty Homes Agency” a campaigning voice for those who needed homes, and for those who were dismayed at the thousands of homes left empty and abandoned. Those principles have remained with us ever since. In the past few years we have successfully challenged government over the thousands of publicly-owned empty properties. We successfully campaigned for tax-breaks for owners of empty homes who wish to bring them back into use. We have given a voice to individuals, enabling them to secure action on empty homes that affect them, and have helped many successful local campaigns to bring empty homes back into use. As a result of our campaigns, today every council has a named person who seeks to get empty homes back into use, with the powers and resources to do so. Over the years we have developed significant expertise and experience, and now provide practical help to people and organisations who wish to bring homes back into use. We provide training, carry out research and advise organisations on how best to get empty property into use. We remain an independent charity: We are a charitable housing association, an industrial and provident society and a member of the National Federation of Housing.