13th Annual Empty Homes Conference

13 February 2024

The 13th annual Scottish Empty Homes Conference will take place in Glasgow on Thursday 29 February. The in-person only event will be held in The Studio on Hope Street near the city centre.

Boasting a packed agenda, this year’s Conference from the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership brings together housing experts and professionals from across Scotland to discuss successes in empty homes work and the way forward for getting Scotland’s empty properties back into use. The conference will also discuss the Partnership’s innovative and bold Strategic Empty Homes Framework and learn from the lived experience of empty homes officers from across the country. Another highlight of the conference will be the annual Scottish Empty Homes Awards, sponsored by Scottish property experts and auctioneers, Auction House Scotland.

Chaired by John Mills, Head of Housing Services at Fife Council and Co-Chair of ALACHO, the event also includes panel discussion from key industry experts on how empty homes can help address housing need, an independent audit of empty homes work in Scotland, insightful sofa sessions on empty homes project across the country, the unveiling of a stunning three-year renovation project on the Western Isles and a special key-note address.

Further information and a link to buy tickets is available here: 13th Scottish Empty Homes Conference Comes to Glasgow (emptyhomespartnership.scot)