Since World Homeless Day 2014 (Oct 10), Peter McVerry Trust has been campaigning for State led action on vacant homes, derelict sites and underused spaces. Peter McVerry Trust strongly believes that addressing these issues can play a significant role in improving housing availability, housing affordability and homelessness.

The Government’s Empty Homes Strategy is set to be published in late March 2017. Peter McVerry Trust felt it would be prudent to put together a conference to further the debate and identify both barriers and solutions in how we best use empty homes, derelict sites and underused spaces.

As such the Empty Homes Conference will hear from a number of agencies and stakeholders both Irish and International as we seek the most sustainable use of our built environment.