Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 73762

Housing: Empty Property

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of her Department's decision to end financial payments to local authorities for getting long-term empty homes back into use thr

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation, which closed in August 2025 and can be found on gov.uk here, sought views on the government’s proposal to end the New Homes Bonus in the Local Government Finance Settlement from 2026-27 and return the funding curr...
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