Empty Homes

Before and after shots of a renovation of a large empty property in Campbeltown

The empty schoolhouse in Achiltibuie will soon be transformed into two flats Rural communities struggling to meet demand for local housing are being encouraged to follow in the footsteps of the Highland village of Achiltibuie and apply to a Scottish Government fund to help convert empty properties i

John Maher's image of a TV room in an abandoned crofting home on the Western Isles The ex-Buzzcocks drummer John Maher is to take to the stage at a conference on returning empty homes to use.

Allyson Allison with an earlier award A Forth Valley empty homes officer who has led efforts to bring empty homes back to use as affordable housing has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

Renovation work is underway to transform six vacant properties in Moray into high intensity rehabilitation units for older people. The £120,000 project will provide a transitional option for patients ready to leave hospital but who need extra support before returning home.

Nominations are being sought across Scotland to find the country’s 2016 empty homes champions. The Howdens Scottish Empty Homes Champion of the Year Awards showcases the exemplary work of groups or individuals across Scotland to bring empty properties back into use.

A previously empty home in North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Council has said its Empty Homes Initiative is delivering results by breathing life into vacant, derelict properties across the area and turning them into homes for local people.

Scotland's local authorities have been urged to be more pro-active in tackling the problem of empty homes after a new survey revealed that 75 per cent of Scots think vacant properties are a direct cause of anti-social behaviour. The YouGov survey for the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) found

An empty property in Alyth that had been unoccupied for over six years The value of long-term private empty homes brought back into use across Scotland in the last year exceeded £110 million, according to a new report.

Allyson Allison An empty homes officer from Forth Valley has become the first from Scotland to pick up a prestigious UK-wide award.

Frances Snee By Frances Snee, empty homes adviser at Shelter Scotland

Over £158,000 has been injected into affordable housing in Glenrothes to bring long-term empty properties back into use as homes for people who have experienced homelessness or are in housing need. YMCA Glenrothes has received a grant from the Nationwide Foundation to go towards creating homes for

A helpline set up to help reduce the number of empty homes in Scotland has revealed some of the reasons given for why privately-owned homes are left unoccupied for long periods of time. Two of the top reasons are the fear of becoming a landlord and the responsibilities it brings, along with waiting

A new partnership has been launched to tackle the problem of empty homes across Dundee and Angus. The project between the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, Dundee City Council and Angus Council, is set to launch this week to help bring some of the region’s long-term privately owned empty homes bac

Scottish Borders Council has approved measures to increase the council tax paid on properties that have been empty for two or more years in an effort to bring hundreds derelict homes back into use. Currently, owners of homes in the Borders which have lain empty for a long period have to pay 90 per c