Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance is available to local authorities on dealing with private properties in a state of disrepair that may cause structural damage to adjacent properties.

Local authorities have powers under sections 76 to 79 of the Building Act 1984 to require the owners of buildings in a dangerous state of disrepair to take such action as required to remove the danger or to demolish the building. If the owner refuses to do so the local authority itself may take the necessary action.