Sentence examples for long term empty from inspiring English sources

"Owners of long term empty homes may also be offered a loan with the same conditions.

He added that there was a need to "move quickly" on a Welsh government pledge to get some of Wales's 23,000 privately-owned long term empty properties back into use.

There is a higher council tax on long-term empty homes.

The median number of additional long-term empty dwellings across those 116 local authorities was 54.

Manchester managed a reduction of 6,327 long-term empty homes between October 2012 and 2013.

This is in addition to 750,000 houses lying long-term empty, thanks to the chronic inadequacy of property taxation.

He said: "There are two years' supply of new homes locked up in long-term empty properties.

In contrast to England, the Scottish government defines property as long-term empty when it has been unoccupied for more than six months.

It shows the number of long-term empty homes in 2013, the change since 2012 and the proportion of homes in the local authority that are empty.

Across the capital, there are 72,457 empty homes, of which 24,226 are classified as long-term empty, according to latest government figures.

A Guardian investigation established there are as many as 450,000 long-term empty homes in Britain, prompting calls for more to be used to ease waiting lists.