Bid to bring nearly 700 empty homes in Swindon back into use
The borough council is putting more effort into filling empty homes More money and staff have been put into bringing empty homes in the borough back into use. Members of the audit committee, who were critical of the council's efforts a year ago, were told things have improved after the housing team was challenged to do more. In the wake of a January 2020 report which highlighted serious shortcomings, head of housing Mike Ash was tasked with making a business case to cabinet member for housing Cathy Martyn to put more resources into solving the problem. The committe heard more more mon...
Source: thisiswiltshire.co.uk