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| John Earnshaw FCIH |
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Started his career as a trainee Housing Manager with Mexborough UDC way back in 1964 and has been a housing professional for almost 40 years now! He was Area Housing Manager with Barnsley MBC for 20 years and held a variety of housing management posts before moving to Kirklees MDC in 1997.
His career highlights include winning the Empty Homes Agency’s National Award in 2001 for the 'Best Strategy for Tackling Low Demand' whilst Voids Project Manager at Kirklees MDC. A BBC2 documentary - 'First Sight' and 'Look North' were made on his innovative marketing strategy. This was based on the pioneering Kirklees and Camden housing partnership which initiated moving council tenants out of London (LAWN) to Kirklees, in the North of England. He also made a significant contribution to the ODPM's 'Empty Property - Unlocking the potential' implementation handbook, which was published in 2003.
He has completed housing consultancy work and run several courses, seminars and workshops for CAPITA, CIH, Housemark, The Housing Training Company, Marlow Associates and the Welsh Assembly Government in association with the Welsh Federation of Housing Associations on Marketing Low Demand and Social Housing.
He has spoken at several national and regional conferences, including the CIH Annual Conference and Exhibition at Harrogate (Policy Platform) in June 2004. He ran his workshop – ‘Making Unattractive Houses into Homes’ at the CIH National Homeless & Lettings Conference (and did a charity disco for Centrepoint, the CIH President’s charity) at Harrogate in November 2003. He will be running a workshop – ‘How to Market your Empty Homes and Low Demand Properties’ at the TPAS Annual Conference in August 2004.
Whilst working for the Empty Homes Agency, as Low Demand Project Manager he has completed several in-house low demand assignments and presentations including, Leeds South Homes (ALMO), Leeds South West Homes (ALMO), Sheffield City Council and Yorkshire Metropolitan Housing.
John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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