Communities and Local Government
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- Housing
- Housing research and statistics
- Housing statistics
- Housing data projects
- Electronic Survey of Empty Homes (ESEH)
Electronic Survey of Empty Homes (ESEH)
The Electronic Survey of Empty Homes (ESEH) uses an XML schema to help Local Authorities (LAs) provide better information on empty homes to improve the match between the supply and demand of housing.
The data used is extracted from LAs Council Tax (CTAX) systems and consists primarily of exemption and discount codes, plus actual discounts. In the past LAs have provided this on a standard spreadsheet - a time consuming and inefficient process.
ESEH simplifies the whole process by automatically extracting the data from the CTAX systems, using the XML schema, and submitting it to Communities and Local Government for analysis. As the schema also simultaneously extracts the data needed for the annual CTB1 survey, LAs are relieved of the burden of carrying out both surveys.
In this section
Related publications
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Vacant Dwellings NeSS Validation Document 2005
- Published: 1 December 2006
- Site: Housing
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Electronic Survey of Empty Homes: Data Collection Schema
- Published: 30 March 2007
- Site: Housing
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Empty Homes Survey gets ESEH in 2007 - Newsletter No.2 March 2007
- Published: 22 March 2007
- Site: Housing
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CIVICA User Group presentation
- Published: 14 March 2007
- Site: Housing
On other sites
Home Information Packs
We have introduced Home Information Packs to improve the process of buying and selling.
