1. Scrutiny Commission on Empty Properties Tony Hanson Residential Services Manager Housing Strategy and Regulatory Services

2. Empty Homes The National Picture For every two families that need a home there is one property standing empty. This isn't just inefficient it's unjust! http://unlockingthepotential.blogspot.com/

3. Empty Homes

4. £60 million government spend will enable 600 new homes 8 February 2010 http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_184931 The HCA have put a significant amount of funding into empty homes, in the region of 19 million pounds to refurbish over 550 empty homes. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 http://unlockingthepotential.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-01- 01T00%3A00%3A00Z&updated-max=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&max-results=31 Empty Homes

5. Total empty homes in England YearTotal 2000 744,179 2004664,610 2008697,055 2009651,993

6. Region Total Empty Homes Local council owned Other public body owned Privately owned and vacant for over 6 months for regeneration or housing schemes All other private homes vacant for more than 6 months North East 40,6852,4682349021,986 North West 122,6323,7144184,72164,332 Yorkshire & the Humber 90,7685,71642621442,566 East Midlands 62,1343,3325918229,797 West Midlands 69,0023,4601751,58733,780 East of England 54,1692,2958068229,262 London 75,7069,27795418328,804 South East 84,2052,8211,21470236,073 South West 52,6921,4721,12831120,401 ENGLAND 651,99334,5555,7358,372307,001 Who owns the empty homes? Statistics by tenure and region 2009

7. LA Name Total Empty Homes % of Homes Empty All other Private homes vacant for more than 6 months LA Name Total Empty Homes % of Homes Empty All other Private homes vacant for more than 6 months Chester-le- Street3311.35%331Alnwick7164.44%412 Teesdale2702.35%0Hartlepool UA18634.48%631 Stockton-on- Tees UA21922.68%1158Wear Valley13744.49%919 Gateshead25812.81%2389Easington19694.55%1814 South Tyneside20212.92%829Middlesbrough28704.75%1466 Redcar and Cleveland UA21713.48%831Durham20225.15%987 North Tyneside32953.53%1025Sedgefield16875.22%1036 Tynedale10033.69%454Derwentside21945.25%1191 Darlington UA18603.87%1202 Berwick-upon- Tweed.. 202 Newcastle upon Tyne50724.14%1641Blyth Valley.. 369 Sunderland51944.17%2343Castle Morpeth.. 285 Wansbeck.. 471 http://emptyhomes.com/usefulresources/stats/2009breakdown.htm Comparison with North East Authorities

8. Comparison to equivalent Local Authorities LA NameTotal Empty Homes% of Homes Empty All other Private homes vacant for more than 6 months Plymouth UA22702.00%771 South Tyneside20212.92%829 Sandwell48803.86%1952 Walsall42403.87%1742 North East Lincolnshire28393.98%1008 Knowsley25834.00%642 Wolverhampton45114.31%1933 Stoke-on-Trent58235.17%2707 Salford60085.65%2279 Kingston upon Hull,72606.22%3218 http://emptyhomes.com/usefulresources/stats/2009breakdown.htm

9. Cost to the Council and other Agencies From 1 April 2010 to 1 October 2010 –16 Empty Properties dealt with by Wardens –29 Empty Properties dealt with by Environmental Health – 4 Empty Properties dealt with by Building Control –49 Empty Property incidents recorded by the Police –15 Empty Property incidents attended by the Fire Brigade

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