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National Empty Homes Action Plan final draft

Here is the latest (updated end of October)  version of our proposals for a National Empty Homes Initiative, now including an introductory word from the Empty Homes Agency.   This will be circulated to the press and relevant agencies.

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The Opportunities and Cost of Cutting VAT (Experian report for the Cut the VAT Coalition)

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Cut-the-VAT Coalition website

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VAT for self-builders (conversions and long-term empties)

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VAT guidelines and claim form for self-builders wanting  to reclaim VAT on conversions or repair of 10+ year empties (Note this supercedes VAT Notice 719).

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A cure for Empty Homes - Empty Homes Agency guidance

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Jointly produced with the IdEA, this 28-page guide is probably the best overview of empty homes work for the local authority practitioner currently available.

Political Party Positions on Empty Homes - NAEPP Briefing Paper - 1st Edition November 2009

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This is the first edition of A NAEPP Briefing paper that describes the results of an analysis of the published policies of the main political parties in respect of empty homes in the build-up to the 2010 General Election.  It was pubilshed Novermber 2009 and has since been updated. .

Evaluation of the Urban White Paper Fiscal Measures (Flat Conversion Allowances, VAT changes)

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This is an evaluation of the impact of measures such as the Flat Conversion Allowance and changes to VAT introduced in the 2001 budget.   The conclusions underscore the need for the kind of integrated and coherent action plan being promotoed by NAEPP eg " "Both of these measures seem to suffer from a low level of awareness with no organisations seemingly championing their use".

Unlocking the potential: ODPM-commissioned reports (2003)

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This links to the page (now archived) from where it is possible to download the ODPM-commissioned reports Empty Homes: Unlocking the Potential: A Case for Action and its companion Implementation Handbook.

NAEPP is credited with its involvement although we did not contribute nearly as much as we would have liked to as we were not consulted on the scope of its contents or format.

Empty Promise Campaign - Inside Housing web-page

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Empty Promise Campaign - petition

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This is the actual petition page on the Downing Street website and includes the link to the government's reply.

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