Our team is funded wholly by donations and charitable grants - we don’t get public funding - we are working for change and to make it happen across the country.
In the grip of our housing crisis, every empty home represents a wasted opportunity to improve a family’s life now and to invest in their future - the alternative is waste. Wasted homes lying empty, families left in limbo, kids educational chances diminished, health and wellbeing damaged.
That is why telling stories of success and creating case studies which evaluate positive approaches matters. But so does work on the ground and all of this costs money.
If 300,000 long-term empty homes were brought back to life it would mean a huge increase in housing stock. There would be more affordable housing for families who need it most. It would mean fewer children living in temporary accommodation, far fewer families living in fear that they may be moved at a moment’s notice. Fewer people forced to make the streets their home.
This is why we believe it’s time for Action on Empty Homes. We are the only organisation in the country dedicated to creating real change, fighting to stop the waste of empty homes, campaigning to give families the security they deserve.
But we can’t do it alone. Your support will make a huge difference to our work.
Help us to take action on empty homes.
SUPPORT OUR WORK
What your support means
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Can support us guiding someone unsure about first steps to bringing empty homes back into use.
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Will help us create local information resources to support local campaigners calling for more action to turn empty homes into affordable homes at a time of national housing crisis
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A £500 donation can help us to support community groups working to transform empty houses into homes tailored to local needs, making housing a reality for families close to where they belong.
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A £1,000+ donation allows us to launch an online communications campaign - sending proposals and information to groups such as local councillors across England. This doesn’t just keep the issue prominent in their minds, it allows us to ask key questions which they can raise in their local authorities.
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A donation at this level can help to support an area of our work and gives us the opportunity to plan new activities which can include learning programmes or support new publications to illustrate ways in which empty homes can be brought into use most impactfully. For more information about what this could deliver, please contact our Director Brighid Carey.
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Helps us to amplify our campaigning, urging the government to give local authorities the tools they need to speed up and strengthen efforts to revive empty homes.
We have recently seen success with the changes to council powers but we still need the new Government to do more - help us persuade the Government to ‘invest to save’ and put money behind bringing wasted empties into use to meet local housing needs.
Action on Empty Homes is an environmental partner of 1% for the Planet. Companies dedicated to donating 1% of yearly profits to environmental causes are able to choose Action on Empty Homes as a recipient of their donations. We have campaigned vigorously to retrofit England’s 1,000,000+ empty homes and to return them to use as social housing, reducing the need for new-builds and lowering the operational carbon emissions of England’s housing. To learn more about why Action on Empty Homes might be a suitable recipient for your company’s donation, click here.
Your support can help us do more of this
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CAMPAIGNING
We campaign on issues with the aim of bringing empty and underutilised homes back into use
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RESEARCH
We carry out research to better understand the nuanced issues, and to support our campaigns
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DATA ANALYSIS
We conduct deep dives into empty homes data to increase transparency on the issue
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SUPPORT COMMUNITIES
We support communities and local authorities in working to bring empty homes back into use
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RETROFITTING
We are working with communities facilitating and supporting their empty homes retrofit journeys
