questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of long-term empty residential homes on reducing the level of (a) homelessness and (b) local housing demand.
answerText: We want to encourage empty homes back into use, and empower local leaders to invest in their communities. Local authorities already have many powers and strong incentives to tackle empty homes and it is right that local leaders decide how to use those too...
heading: Empty Property