Higher Council Tax for empty homes approved to fund specialist team
Councillors have approved Council Tax premiums on prolonged vacant properties, set to be implemented from April 1, 2025.
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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.