The Homes and Communities Agency allocated the funding which will bring back into use 5,600 new affordable homes.
This is the first time that the HCA has administered an Empty Homes Programme, which will fund the refurbishment of properties which have been empty for at least six months.
The grant chips away at the potential for renovating existing dilapidated housing with an estimated 700,000 homes standing empty at any one time.
Chief executive of the HCA, Pat Ritchie, said: “One of the HCA’s key aims is to maintain a supply of affordable homes. With thousands of homes and properties lying empty across England, we have a leading role to play in tackling the issue of empty homes blighting our communities, and this funding is welcomed.
The high level of interest we received by providers bidding to participate in this programme demonstrates just how important an issue it is.
| Empty Homes 2012-15 programme | £m | Homes |
| ACCORD HA | £0.23 | 15 |
| Action Housing and Support | £0.37 | 50 |
| Adur District Council | £0.10 | 10 |
| Aldwyck Housing Group | £0.18 | 12 |
| Ashfield District Council | £3.49 | 345 |
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | £0.16 | 32 |
| Bassetlaw District Council | £0.07 | 10 |
| Birmingham City Council | £3.22 | 190 |
| Boston Mayflower Ltd | £0.19 | 24 |
| Bridgwater YMCA Foyer | £0.16 | 8 |
| Brighton & Hove City Council | £0.68 | 45 |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | £0.20 | 24 |
| Cherwell District Council | £0.86 | 53 |
| Chester and District Housing Trust | £0.39 | 41 |
| Christian Alliance Housing Association | £1.54 | 154 |
| City of Bradford MDC | £0.90 | 120 |
| City of Derby | £0.08 | 11 |
| City YMCA | £0.16 | 16 |
| Connect Housing | £0.60 | 48 |
| Cross Keys Homes Limited | £1.03 | 120 |
| Derwentside Homes Limited | £0.12 | 8 |
| Devon and Cornwall Housing | £0.26 | 15 |
| Doncaster MBC | £0.69 | 87 |
| e2 | £0.37 | 44 |
| East Midlands Housing Association | £0.21 | 30 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | £0.22 | 26 |
| Empowering People Inspiring Communities | £0.25 | 25 |
| Exeter City Council | £0.23 | 15 |
| Flexible Home Improvement Loans Ltd | £2.36 | 131 |
| French Weir Affordable Homes | £0.05 | 4 |
| Gateshead Council | £0.25 | 30 |
| Gedling Homes | £0.15 | 15 |
| Gentoo Group | £0.05 | 5 |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority | £5.09 | 461 |
| Greensquare Group Ltd | £0.07 | 6 |
| Havebury Housing Partnership | £0.55 | 38 |
| Helena Partnerships | £0.07 | 12 |
| Hightown Praetorian and Churches HA | £1.01 | 46 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council | £0.52 | 40 |
| Housing Action Ltd | £1.12 | 60 |
| Hull City Council | £1.30 | 120 |
| Islington Council | £1.35 | 87 |
| Isos Housing Limited | £0.56 | 35 |
| Jephson Homes Housing Association | £0.37 | 77 |
| Kent County Council | £0.80 | 45 |
| Key Communiities | £0.16 | 16 |
| Knightstone Housing Association | £0.40 | 25 |
| Knowsley Housing Trust | £0.04 | 2 |
| LB Barking and Dagenham | £3.39 | 262 |
| LB Croydon for South West London Housing Partnership | £2.74 | 204 |
| Leicester City Council | £0.18 | 15 |
| Lewes District Council | £0.23 | 15 |
| Lincolnshire Rural Housing Association | £0.07 | 6 |
| Liverpool Mutual Homes | £0.11 | 10 |
| livin Housing Limited | £0.54 | 30 |
| Local Space | £2.19 | 129 |
| London Borough of Brent | £0.63 | 36 |
| London Borough of Bromley Council | £0.45 | 27 |
| London Borough of Hillingdon | £2.70 | 209 |
| Longhurst Group (Blue Skies Consortium) | £0.50 | 40 |
| Maidstone Borough Council | £0.16 | 10 |
| New Forest District Council | £0.08 | 15 |
| North Kesteven District Council | £0.12 | 15 |
| North Lincolnshire Homes | £0.18 | 15 |
| Northampton Borough Council | £1.90 | 105 |
| Notting Hill Housing Trust | £0.48 | 100 |
| Nottingham City Council | £0.51 | 30 |
| Nottingham Community Housing Association Ltd | £0.72 | 85 |
| Odu-Dua Housing Association | £0.81 | 18 |
| Plus Dane Housing Group | £0.70 | 54 |
| Radian (The Swaythling Housing Society Ltd trading as) | £0.08 | 5 |
| Rossendale Borough Council | £4.84 | 474 |
| SE London Housing Partnership c/o LB Southwark | £1.43 | 91 |
| Sheffield City Council | £0.57 | 90 |
| Shian Houisng Association Ltd | £1.25 | 56 |
| Slough YMCA | £0.06 | 8 |
| South Tyneside Council | £0.21 | 27 |
| Southend on Sea Borough Council | £0.40 | 20 |
| SPECTRUM HOUSING GROUP | £0.45 | 15 |
| Spirit Partnership Tees Valley Consortium Empty homes Bid | £2.92 | 205 |
| St Mungo Community Housing Association Ltd | £0.24 | 8 |
| Sussex Central YMCA | £0.86 | 96 |
| Symphony Housing Group | £0.07 | 8 |
| Thanet District Council | £0.54 | 30 |
| The Places for People Group Limited | £0.30 | 12 |
| The Riverside Group | £0.18 | 7 |
| Together Housing Group | £0.18 | 20 |
| Tuntum Housing Association | £0.20 | 10 |
| Waterloo Housing Group | £0.79 | 71 |
| WDH | £0.08 | 8 |
| Windrush Alliance UK CIC | £0.18 | 30 |
| Wirral Partnership Homes | £0.05 | 6 |
| WM Housing Group | £1.28 | 88 |
| YMCA London South West | £0.05 | 4 |
| Yorkshire Housing Limited | £0.05 | 3 |
