1. Landlord Forum Chairs Welcome John Wooderson Head of Service (Urban Renewal & Regulatory Services)

2. Empty Properties Neil Smith

3. Introduction Why are empty properties a priority? Fall into disrepair and magnet for ASB Loss of valuable housing resource Blight local communities Undermine regeneration work Direct and indirect costs to all

4. Salford’s empty property challenge Baseline figures as of September 2010 109,125 properties citywide – 5,732 empty properties (5.3% of the stock) All housing markets have a number of empty properties A range between 2.5% and 3% would be consider healthy

5. Salford’s response The Empty Property Team set up April 2011 To increase the supply of housing Reduce nuisance to local communities Additional income generation CT and NHB (Fifth highest reduction in the country between April 2011 and April 2015) Work closely with owners/landlords and other partners

6. Progress so far Number of Empty PropertiesDate 5372Baseline Sept/Oct 2010 5471March 2011 3940March 2012 3755March 2013 3316March 2014 3640March 2015

7. Financial Assistance 2012/15 HCA Funding 140 Long term empty properties brought back into use £2m of external funding DCLG funding 150 Long term empty properties brought back into use £1.5m of external funding Over £13m private investment leverage into Salford

8. Going forward. Retain our strategic approach focusing on:- properties having the greatest negative impact on their communities early intervention to prevent short term empties becoming long term empties. clusters of empty properties to prevent them from leading to wider decline in local areas. seeking to work with owners where possible to support them in bringing properties back into sustainable use making full and appropriate use of available enforcement powers where owners will not engage with the team applying best practice and develop innovative solutions work in partnership with all willing stakeholders securing further financial assistance for owners

9. Contacting the Empty Property Team. The team actively seeks to engage with and make itself accessible to a wide range of stakeholders. The team has a dedicated phone line – 0161 793 3350 The team has a dedicated e-mail address – emptyproperties@salford.gov.uk emptyproperties@salford.gov.uk The team has a dedicated pages on the Council’s website including links to allow the reporting of empty properties.

10. Landlord Licensing & Accreditation Sarah Hughes

11. Current Schemes Langworthy, Weaste and Seedley - 882 Eccles and Barton - 537 Mandatory HMO - 216 Charlestown and Lower Kersal scheme ends 01/01/16

12. Broughton area Commences – 21 January 2016 Around 929 identified properties Re-designated on grounds of Low Housing demand Progress made but still work to be done

13. Accreditation - Incentive Current membership - 586 members with 1391 Carbon Monoxide detector installed by Helping Hands Accredited properties First come, first served