Property Liability Validation

Increase income and Council Tax revenues

Find alternative and new opportunities to generate revenues from existing housing stock to relieve budget pressures and fund investment projects in your communities.

Find unoccupied and low occupancy residential properties

Identifying residential properties that are unoccupied or only used for short periods can provide much needed avenues to generate revenue. Conducting thorough audits of suspected properties will also improve management information, forecasts, and ensure Council Tax records are updated with accurate information.

Get more, give more

Bring in additional revenue to improve services, enhance residents’ lives, and invest in the wider community.

New revenue streams

Bring in additional income from dormant properties.

Improved data accuracy

Get a better picture of your council tax base.

Invest in communities

Use additional income to invest in new facilities.

Reduce cuts

Avoid cuts to essential services and staff levels.

Housing for local residents

Help open up local housing market to residents.

Reoccupy empty properties

Remove anti-social behaviour black spots.

Property Liability Validation Review services

Councils across the UK face financial strain from budget cuts, rising service demand, and inflation.

Liberata provides three fully managed services to boost revenue by reviewing and inspecting long-term empty properties and potential second homes.

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Who we work with

Broxbourne
Swindon
Welwyn & Hatfield
Taylor Wimpey
Ministry of Justice
Redcar and Cleveland
Pendle Council
National Highways
Deloitte
Bentley
Our Lady of Magnificat
Warwickshire Police
Burnley
Bromley
London Borough of Hounslow
Hillingdon
North Somerset Council

Generating £5m of New Homes Bonus funding

“This is a great example of a partnership with a private sector company which has delivered huge benefits to the Council – and continues to do so. The Empty Homes Reviews undertaken since 2015 have not only generated a significant revenue stream for the Council but, in addition, we have been able to add positively to Council Tax collection rates as a direct result.”

Alison Wilding

Head of Customer Services

Read the full case study

Why use Liberata?

We collaborate with your Revenues and Housing departments to optimise housing stock for usage and revenue. Our services update your database with accurate contact details, enhance management information, and improve revenue forecasts.

These reviews help reduce temporary accommodation costs, allowing your team to focus on bringing problematic properties back into use efficiently.

Ready to start generating new income?

Get in touch with Liberata today to discuss how you can find alternative and new revenues opportunities.

As a Council we are focused on ensuring that the services delivered are both sustainable and of the highest quality. We are delighted to be working with Liberata to help deliver these services on behalf of our residents and businesses. Liberata stood out with its ability to drive transformational change and improve customer access and digital services.
Richard Baker
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Borough of Broxbourne
Liberata is the ideal delivery partner to help us achieve our aims, whilst ensuring we can drive down processing times and improve the service for our customers. Council tax and business rates collection will improve, ensuring that we have the funds to deliver the vital services that have a positive impact on residents’ lives. We look forward to working closely in partnership with Liberata to help achieve our aims
Rebecca Keene
Broxbourne Borough Council
Eastleigh Borough Council has worked with Liberata for a number of years who undertake the council's empty home reviews, and I must say, their service exceeded all expectations. From start to finish, they demonstrated professionalism, efficiency, and a genuine commitment to addressing this critical issue in our community. Thanks to Liberata, the council has been able to maximise our empty home bonus year on year. This positive impact on our community cannot be overstated.
Kerrie Thomas
Eastleigh Borough Council
The RV Finder service from Liberata has really helped us ensure that our data is as accurate as possible and, when the VOA has processed the outstanding cases, I fully expect to see more than £1,000,000 of additional RV. The “risk and reward” model works well and the Council only has to pay for their success and the service is something that we will use on a regular basis.
Steve King
Leicester City Council
Liberata has been empowered to create a seamless integration with technology to digitally transform the Revenues and Benefits service whilst trying to protect local jobs. The joint strategy has helped to deliver innovative solutions that have exceeded expectations, whilst providing savings to the authority. This surge in digital engagement has helped deliver strong year one outturn with electronic billing and the technology will enable us to show improvements in the benefits speed of processing and in Council Tax processing of moves, discounts and exemptions.
Andy Stevens
Swindon Borough Council
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