Sentences with phrase «of empty homes»

This generally drives down the overall property value in neighborhoods with high concentrations of these empty homes.

However, when we have guests over and I have to actually use my dishes... My shelves are full of empty homes.

The government said it will seek to reduce the number of empty homes maintained by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after the Liberal Democrats claimed it was wasting more than # 25 million a year on unoccupied properties.

Defence minister Derek Twigg said the MoD had already held a review into the level of empty homes and maintained that surplus stock had to be available to allow for the movements of the forces.

Presenting his figures to the BBC, Mr Harvey said the proportion of empty homes was extraordinarily high.

Another resident asked: «Why is it OK that there are thousands of empty homes in this area and people are homeless?»

«We know that there are thousands of units of empty homes that potentially could be available for rental, when we have one of the tightest rental markets in the world,» Mayor Gregor Robertson told council after the presentation.

In the Turn - Based Press gallery several works will consider the uninhabited environments of empty homes and empty virtual spaces raising questions of the nature of place when there is no one to acknowledge them.

It can be hard for the kids to get used to frequently transitioning between homes, but it can also be tough for a parent to face the reality of an emptier home when their kids are with the other parent.

This creates a compounding negative impact that eventually trickles back and impacts each of us by way of empty homes, higher crime rates and lower home values.

The number of empty homes is especially high in Arizona, Florida and Nevada — three states... more