Affordable Housing: Empty Property
Lords · Question HL174 · 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 what steps they are taking to understand how the building of 1.5 million new affordable homes is likely to impact on the number of empty homes; and what precautions are in place to prevent the number of empty homes rising.
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 ...