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Government backtracks on empty homes incentive

Shafik Meghji, Regen.net, 18 July 2008

The Government has backtracked on proposals to make incentive payments to councils for delivering extra housebuilding dependent on bringing empty homes back into use, it emerged this week.

The information emerged as ministers published results of a consultation on the £510million Housing and Planning Delivery Grant (HPDG), which exists to encourage extra housebuilding. Although 57 per cent of...

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