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Chapel Street, Evenwood – September 2013

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Properties empty for 5 years and more

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13 – 17 Chapel Street Now

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Other properties external improvements

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Inside No.9 Before

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………..And After

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No.9 Kitchen Before

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……….And After

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No. 9 Outside Before

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……….And After

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No.17 Before……………………………And After

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Empty Since Fire In 2010

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Now

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No.17 Kitchen Before

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………And Now

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No.17 No Stairs…………………………………..Stairs

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Five Lamps•30 years of social, economic and financial inclusion activities working with c25000 people each year•Empty Homes a strong strategic fit but securing capital was a challenge•EHCGP £1.27m •49 properties (1 purchase, 48 leases)•Darlington & County Durham•Opportunities for FL enterprise starts, employability clients and young people

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Evenwood•Rural, former mining community in southwest of County Durham•Long-standing issue – failed bids previously•9 out of 17 properties flagged up for EHCGP•Only 3 properties being lived in•Anti-Social Behaviour a huge issue•October 2006 Property Selling for £65k - £71k•Over £50k as recently as 2008•£20k by 2011•Guide Price £5k in 2013 Property Auction

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• ‘I don’t walk down there any more’• ‘Knock the bloody street down’• ‘This used to be a lovely street’• Considered a biomass heating system for all 17

properties• Delivery model just didn’t stack up ….. And it set us

back by 6-8 months• Despite everything still a challenge to get owners to

sign up

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Result•A revived street …… and renewed sense of community•We’ve done 3, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 17•Another EHCGP deliverer has done 16•The LA cluster programme is looking to support 7 and 12•10 and 11 have improved their external appearance•‘It’s nearly like it used to be’•Without EHCGP it wouldn’t have happened•Five Lamps has a powerful appetite to do more.