FOI request (FOIR-394370134)

Empty Council Properties

Requested Wed 19 January 2022
Responded Wed 26 January 2022

I wanted to know how many empty council properties there are/have been recently.

Can you let me know the following?

How many domestic/residential empty properties you have had every month for the financial year 2020-21, and from the start of financial year 2021 to 31 December 2021?

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Response

Hastings Borough Council does not have any housing stock, this was transferred to 1066 Housing Association in 1996 as part of a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT).

Hastings Borough Council has purchased 4 units of residential accommodation:

3 units on the 27/01/21 that required works which took several months to bring them up to letting standard and these were let out on 24/08/21, 29/09/21 and 25/10/21.

1 unit purchased on 30/06/2021, again required works to bring the property up to a letting standard which was let out on 11/11/2021.