questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to require overseas landlords who own empty retail units to engage with local authorities.
answerText: This government has introduced High Street Rental Auctions, powers available to local authorities in England to require landlords, regardless of their country of residence, to rent out vacant commercial premises. As a deterrent it is a criminal offence fo...
heading: Retail Trade: Empty Property