The government incentive to leave homes empty
The government incentive to leave homes empty
I only heard about this because I know someone who is thinking of availing of it.
Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant
This could be a big part of the reason for the housing shortage, because so many homes are being left empty in order to avail of this grant.
Is a pointless grant, as are the others, as they require you to have access to money to begin with. You have to pay for all the work to be done (during which you may find out that there is more work to to be carried out as you may hit bigger problems). And then the government will decide how much money and whether or not to reimburse you for it. Most of the people that can afford that don't want the hassle and will just buy an already finished house.