Mark Whitehead 28 February 2023

Cambridge council highlights efforts to use empty properties

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Cambridge City Council is highlighting the support it can give to help bring long-term empty properties back into use.

It says properties can easily deteriorate and become a burden to owners and increasingly expensive to renovate.

Empty Homes Week will focus on ways the council can help address the shortage of affordable housing in the city.

It can offer financial and practical support and last year succeeded in bringing 28 properties back into use.

The council’s not-for-profit private letting agency Townhall Lettings works with the officers to source previously empty properties which would be suitable for housing families currently in temporary accommodation and for refugee families.

Executive councillor for housing Gerri Bird said: ‘We always aim to support owners of empty homes at the earliest stage possible to prevent homes from falling into disrepair, potentially becoming a danger to the public and costing owners a lot of money.

‘By getting involved we can help owners create a source of income from an empty home, rather than a source of stress and expense – so I would really encourage anyone with an empty property to get in touch with us and find out how we can help.’

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