National Empty Homes Conference, May 25th Birmingham - under a week to go

The conference is going to be attended by nearly 100 people.  There are still a handful of places left but we are still getting a trickle of late bookings.  So if you want to come and haven't yet booked, please contact David Gibbens asap at admin@naepp.org.uk or on 0844 736 5 736. You can either email your booking through or fax to 0844 736 5 736.

If you were an "early bird" booker, please note that you can book additional places at "Early Bird" rates.

Full details of the conference can be found here.

Empty Property Practitioner of the Year Award 2010 sponsored by Ad Hoc Property Management Ltd.

• Graham Everett (Watford Borough Council)
• Steve Habgood (London Borough of Bromley)
• Darryl Lawrence (Rochdale Housing Initiative)
• Zainul Pirmohamed (Stoke-on-Trent City Council)

You can find more details here

Annual General Meeting

Elections for Officer and Elected Member roles on the Executive have been held. You can find further details here.

The new Officers are:

• Darryl Lawrence (Chair)
• Sue Haigh (Treasurer)
• David Gibbens (Secretary)
• Matthew Smith (Vice-Chair)[to be confirmed]

A very warm vote of thanks to our outgoing Chair - Nick Caprara - and Vice-Chair - Graham Everett, who have brought NAEPP through some difficult times to a position of relative strength and stability.

The Annual Report for 2009-10 has also been published here.

Voting on proposed changes to the Constittution is underway and due to finish by 14:00 on 25th  May.  For further details see here

Executive Meeting, London, June 21st 2010

Our next executive meeting is being held in London on June 21st and is being hosted by the Empty Homes Agency.

If there are issues you think the Executive should be discussing, email or phone David Gibbens (see details above).