Renovate-Rent scheme stalls with 86 applications

The government’s Renovate-Rent scheme has drawn just 86 applications since it was announced in November 2024, against a target of bringing 1,000 residential units back onto the market. Other government housing schemes have started to deliver, but Renovate-Rent has gone nowhere, despite incentives to owners of houses and flats that are generally judged adequate to […]

By Vassos Vassiliou