Housing Occupancy: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 59974 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to expand schemes to help encourage downsizing in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 23 Jun 2025
Under-occupation is recorded in the English Housing Survey’s annual statistics.The choice to sell a home is ultimately one for the owner of the property to make.However, the government are taking steps to modernise the home buying and selling process, inc...