This page is about empty homes in Mid Sussex. Here you can report an empty property to the Council and read about what action the Council is able to take.
The Council's Housing Enabling Team will take details of empty properties from members of the public (fill in the online Empty Homes form) and can provide owners of empty properties with advice about letting their properties, as well as other options for getting their property back into use.
Empty Dwelling Management Orders
Since April 2006 Local Authorities have had the power to take over the management of empty properties where owners have refused offers of assistance to bring a property back into use, and where there is no clear reason why the property is empty.
Tax Incentives
The Government has introduced a number of tax incentives to assist in the renovation of of certain categories of empty properties to help owners bring them back into use.
Empty Homes Strategy
For further information on the work Mid Sussex District Council are doing to bring empty properties back into use and our future plans, please read our new Empty Homes Strategy. An Empty Homes Strategy for Mid Sussex. Mid Sussex Council is also part of the county wide Sussex Empty Homes Forum, a group established to tackle the problem of empty homes and share knowledge and best practice; here is the Sussex Empty Homes Forum's Strategic Framework for 2008-11.
For more information contact:
Emma Shuttleworth
Housing Enabling Manager
01444 477431
emmas@midsussex.gov.uk
For general information on the various initiatives for getting empty properties back into use visit: emptyhomes
Downloads/Links
Contacts
Carol Tomkins
Housing Development Officer
01444 477309
carolt@midsussex.gov.uk
