Mark Conrad 11 March 2024

Limited exemptions for empty homes powers

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Councils will face only a limited number of exemptions from new powers allowing them to levy higher taxes on empty homes, ministers have confirmed.

In what will be viewed as a positive step for the hard-up local authority sector, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) today revealed there will be few exceptions to the planned crackdown on long-term empty homes.

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