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Overview and Scrutiny Review of Actions to Return Empty Homes to Active Use

06/02/2015 - Overview and Scrutiny Review of Actions to Return Empty Homes to Active Use

(Report of Chief Executive)

 

Consideration was given to the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 27 January 2015 arising from a review of the actions undertaken to return empty homes to active use.

 

The Cabinet resolved that:

 

The recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee regarding the review of actions undertaken to return empty homes to active use be endorsed as follows:

 

1)               the housing service take the corporate lead for Empty Homes;

 

2)               a corporate working group be established to tackle the issue of Empty Homes; and

 

3)               public awareness of Empty Homes be raised through a variety of communication media and the process of reporting Empty Homes be simplified.