'Creating a new community of live-in guardians for unused buildings'
Submitted by DGibbens on
Full disclosure:
The poster's brother is a property guardian.
London
London Mayor calls for higher EHP on luxury empties
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Editorial
Sadiq Khan, the London Mayor, has written to the government requesting powers to levy higher council tax on empty high-value homes. The press release does not state what level of tax should be charged but says it should be set
'at a meaningful rate that would incentivise occupation, or at the very least generate a more substantial receipt that could support investment in new affordable homes and other measures to tackle the housing crisis.'
A little knowledge about London housing is a dangerous thing - critique of recent research into buy-to-leave
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Makes some interesting points about the recent York University and LSE research into buy-to-leave in Central London, calling into question the robustness of the data and underlying assumptions.
Micro-homes in vacant London properties
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Suggested as an alternative to property guardianship in one part of the article, whereas it is clearly a particular approach to meeting some of the amenity needs of the guardians, as a closer reading of the article makes clear. It is scarcely a 'micro-home' given the lack of any kitchen or bathroom facilities.
Some mention of the performance of the materials in a fire would have been welcome.
[Full disclosure: the author's brother is a property guardian].
Overseas Investors in London’s New Build Housing Market - University of York research
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The role of overseas investors in the London new-build residential market - LSE research
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London Assembly Housing Committee investigates property guardianship
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The inquiry started in May and is scheduled to finish in December 2017.
The thumbnail sketch on the website states:
What is Property Guardianship? Who does it benefit and how does it work?
The London Assembly Housing Committee is investigating the role of property guardianship in London’s housing market and the experiences of property guardians.
EDMOs hit headlines in London - for the wrong reasons
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A number of news reports have been citing research by estate agents James Pendleton Ltd. which shows how little use is being made of Empty Dwelling Management Orders around the country, and in London in particular.
Bow Arts to make empty spaces come alive in Thamesmead
Submitted by EHNAdmin on
More of this please.
London empty homes map - Metro
Submitted by EHNAdmin on
Typically focuses on absolute numbers of 6-months-plus empties, rather than rates of LTEs as a percentage of total dwellings. Croydon, for example, is so big it is virtually a city in its own right. Fake news? But the colours are pretty and so is the way the map shows changes over the last 10 years.
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