Empty Homes Financial Incentives Recommendations 2016
By: Shelter Scotland Published: February 2016
Part of the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership's agreed remit for 2015/16 is to review existing funding and financing options for empty homes work in Scotland and follow this up with a paper highlighting where financial products or government funding is needed to bridge the gap keeping empty homes vacant.
- Empty Homes Financial Incentives Recommendations Paper (PDF 397.2 KB)
Summary
This paper puts forward a number of recommendations to plug specific gaps in funding provision for empty homes.
Gaps identified where funding is currently non-existent or hard to source are:
- Empty homes being renovated for owner occupation
- Empty homes being renovated for market rent or sale
- Funding for initial project planning and capacity building
- Grant funding options for local organisations and community groups