Empty Properties News Today

Councillors have approved Council Tax premiums on prolonged vacant properties, set to be implemented from April 1, 2025.

In central Italy's medieval town of Patrica, a strategy to breathe new life into empty properties has hit a possibly insurmountable snafu.

Jose and Ted Saunders said they were insulted and shocked when the strongly-worded letter from North Northamptonshire Council dropped on their mat last month.

Councils are compulsorily purchasing empty properties to meet a surge in the number of asylum seekers being granted leave to remain in the UK.

Brighton and Hove City Council say the decision is to help address local housing supply issues.

Polo is no ordinary squatter. The builder, 32, enters empty properties and changes the locks, but then he pays the utility bills, renovates and even installs solar panels.

In 1974, a group of people stormed a London office block to protest about a lack of housing.

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils will discuss the proposal at a cabinet meeting in January.

Second home owners in parts of Somerset will see their council tax double from April 2025.

More buildings in Gainsborough will be refurbished and brought back into use, a council says.