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Six months of dithering sees 6,469 Sheffield homes stay empty

Six months of dithering sees 6,469 Sheffield homes stay empty

Local Liberal Democrats can reveal that since receiving a £2,000,000 Government fund to help boost the local housing supply over six months ago, not one penny has been spent by Labour controlled Sheffield City Council. The Council received the extra investment through the Coalition Government ‘New Homes Bonus’ policy at the start of the financial [...]

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Lib Dems outline plan for Sheffield’s 6,500 empty homes

Local Liberal Democrat councillors have called for new Government funding to be used to bring some of the 6,500 empty homes in Sheffield back in to use. Liberal Democrats have submitted a motion to the September meeting of Sheffield’s Full Council, calling on the administration to take action. New figures have revealed that Sheffield City Council [...]

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