Empty Property
(asked on 19th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the Affordable Homes Programme they expect to be spent on bringing empty homes back into use.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 3rd February 2016
The Homes and Community Agency made available £110.6 million to bring empty homes back into use over two rounds of funding:
- Round 1 (2012-13) £69,820,695; and
- Round 2 (2014-15) £40,790,126.
The Homes and Community Agency's Affordable Homes Programme will continue to provide funding to bring empty homes back into use. The Affordable Homes Programme is a competitive scheme and the amount of funding allocated to empty homes will depend on the quality of the bids received.