Why is the county getting two more empty homes every week? We need urgent action
andybodders There is a rule of thumb in housing. It is much easier to give permission to build new homes, most of them on green fields, than to bring empty homes…
Why is no progress being made on tackling empty homes in Shropshire?
Every day we hear about the housing crisis. Politicians tell us we must build more housing urgently. Yet they say next to nothing about empty homes. There are more than…
Shrewsbury Ark goes outreach to tackle rough sleeping but let’s not forget the hidden homeless
On a recent night, I was contacted on Facebook about a 16-year old sleeping rough on the streets of Shrewsbury. This young woman was vulnerable and needed safeguarding. I advised…
Eleven new long term empty homes every month – Shropshire Council is failing people who need decent homes
This is an update on my post last week on Shropshire Council’s appalling record on reducing the number of empty homes into use. The stark statistic is that we are…
Shropshire is falling behind on bringing empty homes into use, denying hundreds of people a decent home
Questions will be asked at a Shropshire Council meeting this Thursday to try to find to why this county has such a poor record on bringing empty homes back into…