National Empty Homes Grant
Ceredigion Council is participating in the Welsh Governments National Empty Homes Grant Scheme.
We are committed to supporting individuals to bring empty homes back into use to help re-generate communities and provide much-needed housing for individuals across Wales.
Grants of up to £25,000 are available for homeowners or prospective homeowners to renovate empty houses to make them safe to live in and improve their energy efficiency.
To qualify for the grant:
- The empty home must be located within Ceredigion local authority area
- The home must currently be registered with the authority’s Council Tax Department as vacant (unoccupied and unfurnished) for at least a 12-month period
- Applicants must be owners or prospective owners, who intend to occupy the empty home as their main and only residence, for a minimum of 5-years
- The owner must meet the Local Connection criteria in Ceredigion
- lived in Ceredigion or an adjoining town/community council area (or a combination of the two) for a continuous period of 5 years
or - need to live in Ceredigion to substantially care for or be cared for by a close relative who has lived in Ceredigion or an adjoining town/community council area (or a combination of the two) for a continuous period of 5 years and the relative’s property is incapable (whether as it stands or subject to extension) of meeting the needs of the combined household
or - re employed in Ceredigion as a key worker on a full time (35 hours) permanent basis
For these purposes a Key Worker is:
- A teacher in a school or in a further education establishment or sixth form college
- A nurse or other skilled health worker in the National Health Service
- A police officer
- A probation service worker
- A social worker
- An educational psychologist
- An occupational therapist employed by the local authority
- A fire officer
- Any other person whose employment fulfils an important role in the provision of key services in Ceredigion where recruitment from within the County has proven difficult. This would need to be agreed with the Local Authority and recruitment evidence would need to be provided
For more information on the scheme, check eligibility and or make an online application, please visit the National Empty Homes Grant website.
You can also contact them by telephone on 01443 494712 or by email at EmptyHomesGrant@rctcbc.gov.uk.
Please note, Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) are administering the grant on behalf of Welsh Government and Ceredigion County Council.