Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 41614

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 26 March 2025

Answered: 31 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 39650 on Housing: Construction, whether the conversion of houses into houses in multiple occupation counts as an increase in t

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The definition of a dwelling is published on gov.uk here under “Dwelling (Housing supply; net additional dwellings)”.The conversion of an existing residential property into a house of multiple occupancy does not count as a net additional dwelling in the o...

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