Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75181

Affordable Housing: Empty Property

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Affordable Homes Programme will support the (a) renovation and (b) putting back into use of long-term empty homes.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The primary focus of the new 2026-27 to 2035-36 Social and Affordable Homes Programme will be the supply of new homes. However, it will also be accessible for regeneration schemes that provide a net increase in homes on a site and will allow for some acqu...
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