It doesnt make sense.. London Borough of Lambeth: Work has begun on a 3.1m redevelopment of Aberystwyth railway station in Mid Wales. N:B Applications will also be considered from first time buyers who wish to reside at the property themselves and who are also registered on the Councils Affordable Home Ownership Register. New BBC Wales HQ to be built on Cardiff bus station, Housing fund puts power back in tenants' hands, Regeneration of Newcastle's Co-op building begins. On top of the loss, the council is spending 3,500 on bringing each property up to standard. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The result was lost rent of 242,492 in 2018-19, the report said, equivalent to 2.2% of the 11.3m raised from sheltered accommodation tenants. For owners of 6 months plus, vacant residential properties to bring up to lettable standard. Read about our approach to external linking. Flintshire has approximately 500 long term empty properties; the Empty Property Grant is a loan to help owners bring empty properties back in to use. People are desperate for houses and they can see these properties boarded up for weeks.. It is the responsibility of home owners to maintain their property and to keep it in good order. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. O Editors' Code of Practice. More than 2m has been spent on bringing empty council homes in Flintshire back into use last year. Chief housing officer Neal Cockerton said in a report the 2,600 sheltered accommodation properties accounted for just over a third of Flintshire's housing stock. An "excessive" number of empty sheltered homes is costing a council nearly a quarter of a million pounds a year in lost rent, officers say. Council tax on empty homes and second homes in 2009-2018 Flintshire County Council. Empty Homes - Flintshire Housing PO5: 48,747 pa (including London Weighting) rising in annual increments to 51,783 pa:
