Make History: Ending homelessness with homes Unlocking the potential of

to make best use of the tools available, to bring as many properties back into use as • Unlock the potential of empty commercial buildings by adopting the recommendations reasonably possible and how to prioritise the provision of settled homes for people at of the joint APPG inquiry including to introduce mandatory minimum standards risk of or experiencing homelessness. [...] people on the lowest incomes to get access Because of the acute shortage of truly Government to commit to a national mission With the right policies and political will, we to decent homes for rent or to keep their affordable settled homes, people are having to end all forms of homelessness in the next know an end to homelessness is achievable. [...] value markets could also help level up the disproportionate concentration of housing In this briefing, following new analysis, we investment in the South of England and will focus on how the next Government can address the relatively poorer condition and have impact in the short-term by unlocking energy efficiency of homes in the North.25 the potential of long-term empty residential The net cost o. [...] to 248,149.28 The number of long-term empty on empty properties, and in particular to make properties that are recorded as empty and properties in 2022 was 24% higher than use of long-term empty properties to tackle substantially unfurnished for six months or Our findings indicate that while a range of the low of 2016. [...] Section 75 of the Levelling-up account the sample size of the survey data available to estimate at the lower end of the scale of how many and Regeneration Bill, as currently drafted, would amend the 1992 Act to reduce this period to long-term empty properties could be brought back into use to address homelessness.