Rivera’s approach to problem solving is now predictable: identify an outsider scapegoat which will supposedly bear the cost ...

Vanessa says councils need to repair flats more quickly, so properties can be used to house families in temporary accommodation like hers [BBC] "They say they don't have enough homes, but look at how ...

Empty homes tax’ could bring fewer empty homes. I was excited to see the article in the La Jolla Light describing the ...

The number of empty homes across the West Midlands has risen by more than a third in a year, leading to calls for councils to be given extra powers to tackle it. The BBC submitted Freedom of ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A proposal to tax empty homes in San Diego will go to the ballot after a vote by the San Diego City Council on Tuesday. The Empty Homes Tax is intended to address the housing ...

Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera addresses volunteers at the Copley-Price Family YMCA for the Point-in-Time Count on Jan. 29, 2026. (Photo by Thomas Murphy/Times of San Diego) Councilmember Sean ...

San Diego has gone to war with wealthy second homeowners. The city council approved a measure Tuesday that will leave it up to voters to decide whether to tax the empty houses of part-time residents ...

The council's Empty Property Strategy has seen 347 unoccupied homes in Wolverhampton brought back into use over the last five years More than 300 privately owned properties that for years stood empty ...

North Northants Council (NNC) has set out new plans to give empty homes a new lease of life and make better use of properties ...