Time to act on empty homes

January 4, 2018 in News

We call on Rochford District Council to make use of the funding from Government to bring empty homes back into use. It’s time that more is done to tackle homelessness locally. [emailpetition id="2"] Thank you for joining our campaign to bring empty homes in Rochford District back into use. Will you do one more thing to help our campaign succeed by sharing it on social media?

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James Newport

Essex County Councillor for Rayleigh North, Rochford District Councillor for Downhall & Rawreth and Rayleigh Town Councillor for Sweyne.