Capita’s 3rd National

Tackling Empty Homes Conference

Monday 20th October 2008 – Central London

Chair: Terry Stacey, Board Member, Empty Homes Agency

Speakers Include:

Russell Moffatt Martin Yardley

Housing Markets Team Deputy Director
Manager, Private Sector Empty of Development
Homes Team Coventry City Council
London Borough of Newham
Dave Stott
Eddie Dawson Head of Private Sector
Senior Technician Housing Services
Allerdale Borough Council Manchester City Council

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Tackling Empty Homes Benefits of attending Who should attend

• Explore ways in which you can This conference is of interest to
Monday 20th October 2008 – Central London
engage with reluctant property housing professionals from housing
‘For more than a decade vacancy rates dropped year on year, but owners as a first step to getting associations, RSLs and local
suddenly as the housing market has taken a downturn empty homes empty homes back into use authorities working to bring empty
are rising and rising fast. The latest figures show 762,655 in England • Understand how planning properties back into use, including:
alone. The reasons behind the rise are new and the response from legislation can be an effective • Empty Homes Managers
practitioners needs to be new too to ensure that these homes are tool in recovering and preserving • Empty Property Teams
returned to use for the many people who need homes’. empty properties
• Empty Property Advisers
David Ireland, Chief Executive, Empty Homes Agency • Practical lessons on overcoming • Conservation Officers
1st August 2008 internal obstacles within your • Planning Enforcement and
organisation
The number of empty and abandoned properties throughout the Development Officers
• Learn more about what you can do • Directors of Housing
UK poses a huge challenge for housing professionals working to
to turn empty properties back • Heads of Housing
bring them back into use. As the number of empty properties rise
into habitable homes on a limited
across the county, the need for urgent and effective measures to • Heads of Private Sector Housing
budget
curb this increase is greater than ever. • Private Sector Housing Renewal
• Get to grips with what you need to
Capita’s 3rd Tackling Empty Homes Conference, in association Officers
consider when choosing the most
with the Empty Homes Agency, brings together expert guidance • Heads of Temporary Housing
appropriate course of action to
and advice on a range of tools to help you reduce the number of recover empty properties • Heads of Housing Strategy
empty homes in your area. Issues covered include: • Heads of Housing Policy
• Find out what legislative tools have
• Environmental Health Officers
• Up to date guidance from the Empty Homes Agency on Empty worked in different situations –
Dwelling Management Orders when to use EDMOs, CPOs and • Directors of Regeneration
enforced sale procedures • Renovations Officers & Managers
• Working with reluctant owners – engaging with landlords • Development Managers
and identifying appropriate solutions • Take the opportunity to question
expert speakers about issues that • Housing Advisors
• Working with internal partners are affecting you and benefit from • Lead Members for Housing
guidance on a range of obstacles in • Decent Homes Officers
• Using suitable legislative tools to recover empty homes
tackling empty properties • Housing Allocations Officers
• Making homes habitable once they are recovered
Attend this conference to benefit from practical advice and case
study examples from across the UK and share your experiences
with colleagues and our expert speakers.

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Programme

09.20 Registration, Tea and Coffee 12.20 Panel Discussion

09.50 Chair’s Opening Remarks Getting the Balance Right in Using Persuasion and
Enforcement When Dealing with Owners of Empty
Board Member
Properties
Empty Homes Agency
In depth panel session with our morning speakers focusing on
10.00 Effective Measures to Persuade Reluctant Owners to Act
the range of options available to empty property practitioners.
• Understanding the reasons behind why homes are left empty Delegates have the opportunity to put questions to panellists to
• Dealing with unwilling landlords – soft approaches that work help identify solutions to current obstacles you are facing.
• Finding solutions to suit all parties
• Case study support 13.00 Lunch
Afternoon Chair: Terry Stacy,
Andrew Lavender
Board Member, Empty Homes Agency
Consultant
and Deputy Leader, London Borough of Islington
Capital Project Consultancy Ltd
10.25 Questions and Discussion Choosing the Right Course of Action

10.30 Using Planning Legislation to Target Empty Homes A series of practical sessions exploring effective enforcement
• How the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 can help you measures to get empty properties back into use when other
• Prioritising refurbishment where possible non-legislative approaches do not succeed. Get advice and
• Using planning enforcement powers to regenerate private guidance from examples of success and take away useful ideas
housing with private money to apply in your own area.
Martin Yardley 14.00 Making Compulsory Purchase Orders Work
Deputy Director of Development • Calculating the use of CPO powers – when is it most relevant?
Coventry City Council • Successfully following through on orders
10.55 Questions and Discussion Russell Moffatt
Housing Markets Team Manager
11.00 Tea and Coffee Private Sector Empty Homes Team
11.20 Building Act Notices as an Alternative Measure London Borough of Newham
• Section 79 Building Act 1984 Notices – examples of success 14.25 Questions and Discussion
in reducing the number of empty homes
14.30 Guidance on Empty Dwelling Management Orders
• Preparing an effective campaign: starting ‘small and quietly’
• Making the best use of EDMO powers
• Overcoming internal inertia and obstacles
• Understanding when Orders are the most appropriate means
• Picking the right legal tools to tackle empty homes to recover empty properties
and dilapidated buildings • What you can and can’t do when using EDMOs
• Determination - the main requirement for successful Henry Oliver
intervention with empty and dilapidated buildings Policy Adviser
Eddie Dawson Empty Homes Agency
Senior Technician 14.55 Questions and Discussion
Allerdale Borough Council
15.00 Successful Use of Enforced Sales Procedures
11.50 Making Empty Homes Habitable on a Budget
• Enforced sale measures in Manchester – lessons learned
• Wolverhampton's strategic approach • The link between enforced sale and EDMO powers
• Negotiating voluntary solutions • Practical examples of effective uses of enforced sale processes
• Secondary and last resort enforcement and EDMOs
• Recycling empty property finance Dave Stott
Head of Private Sector Housing Services
Principal Housing Assistacnce Officer Manchester City Council
Wolverhampton City Council 15.25 Questions and Discussion

15.30 Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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