Freedom of Information Request - Long Term Empty Properties
Dear Chichester District Council,
I am writing to you to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
1) Can the council confirm their current number of Long Term Empty Properties as of the 8th May (those domestic properties which have been empty for six months or older)
2) What work is the council currently undertaking or planning to undertake around reducing their long term empty properties in 2019?
3) During 2018 did you undertake any work around reducing your Long Term Empty Properties. If you did was this done using internal resource or a third party?
4) If yes is the answer to question three, did the council review every single long term property
5) Does the reduction of empty homes in the council area form part of your Housing strategy?
6) Does the council have a budget in place to help support the reduction of empty properties?
7) How much did the council spend on temporary accommodation during 2018?
8) Does the council offer financial support /loans to Long Term Empty property owners to help them bring properties back into use?
Yours faithfully,
Alex Arthur
Dear Alex Arthur,
Request for Information - Our Ref: FL-101003246287
Thank you for your request for information regarding Long Term Empty
Properties. . Your request was received on 13/05/2019 and I am dealing
with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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Kind regards
Paulina Glowacka
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Chichester District Council
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Thank you for your email received 13 May 2019 (apologies for delay),
requesting information regarding .
Your request has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Please see below our response to you:
1) Can the council confirm their current number of Long Term Empty
Properties as of the 8th May (those domestic properties which have been
empty for six months or older) 428 properties in the district that are on
our records as being empty and unfurnished for over 6 months.
2) What work is the council currently undertaking or planning to undertake
around reducing their long term empty properties in 2019? None. There is
no pro-active work as experience has shown that the majority of properties
are empty due to issues with probate and other properties take excessive
resources to bring back into use as often owners are very difficult to
trace.
3) During 2018 did you undertake any work around reducing your Long Term
Empty Properties. If you did was this done using internal resource or a
third party? The Council react to public concerns about specific
properties, using internal resource with replies to individual queries.
4) If yes is the answer to question three, did the council review every
single long term property No
5) Does the reduction of empty homes in the council area form part of your
Housing strategy? There are incentives for owners to bring back empty
properties into use.
6) Does the council have a budget in place to help support the reduction
of empty properties? Yes, the council has a budget in place to support
empty property owners to help bring empty properties back into use.
7) How much did the council spend on temporary accommodation during 2018?
The Council owns it's own temporary accommodation and this effectively
covers the cost.
8) Does the council offer financial support /loans to Long Term Empty
property owners to help them bring properties back into use? Yes, the
council has a budget in place to support empty property owners to help
bring empty properties back into use.
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Yours sincerely
Jenny Jones
Jenny
Jones
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