Thread: government to snatch empty houses
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Old 12-03-2009, 07:58   #15
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Re: government to snatch empty houses
Nice, I love the misleading term of 'snatch' implying that the government will just take it off you.

Read the article and you'll see its either via a compulsary purchase order or they will rent it and pay you the rest after expenses (no more than a rental agency would do)

When I moved to my town 7-8 years ago we rented to start off with. There was (and still IS!) a house on the end of the terrace that is boarded up the owner apparently lives in a caravan park a hours drive away. In all the time I've been here, I've seen him come in and replace the fence to the back garden and re-plaster one of the eves of the roof. Thats it in 8 years. The windows are still boarded up and the house is empty when it could be usefully employed. It's just a shame that the local councils don't use these pwers more often.
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