Written questions

Empty Property: Correspondence

Lords · Question HL175 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Lord Bird

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish correspondence relating to efforts to ascertain the location of empty homes in the UK.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 2 Jun 2026

The government wants to see more empty homes brought back into use. But the sheer scale of the housing crisis demands historic levels of housebuilding, which is why we have committed to building 1.5 million homes over this Parliament. The government does ...