IWV I won’t be drawn on the compensation claim paid to a Law firm as I have no knowledge of the details. However on your last point, it has hardly been kept quite or a secret, as I am forever answering questions on this specific issue. The number of voids fluctuates all the time. Of the 125, 42 of them are at Cour Du Parc which is to be completely refurbished, a further five units are spread across three properties that the Department has earmarked for sale (with the proceeds being paid into the Corporate Housing Programme Fund and used to fund future housing developments). 20 others have just become empty as their tenants have moved to smaller properties at the new Clos Barbier development. All of the tenants in that instance were under-occupying, and by moving out they have freed up properties that can be allocated to families who need a family home. However, one unavoidable by-product of their migration is a sudden influx of empty properties. A property can become empty for several reasons: the tenant may move into private rented accommodation, or a partial ownership property, or a care home. They may choose to move in with another family. They may die, or be evicted, or be transferred by the Department into a Guernsey Housing Association property or a different States House better suited to their needs. Sometimes the Department knows when a property is going to become empty; sometimes not. Void numbers will go up and down. It is not uncommon, thanks to the nominations agreement between the Department and the Guernsey Housing Association, for a large number of the Department’s properties to become empty simultaneously. I hope that helps put the number in perspective
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