Second Homes: Social Rented Housing

(asked on 28th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to restrict the sale of social housing for use as a second home.


Answered by
Jacob Young Portrait
Jacob Young
This question was answered on 4th December 2023

Councils can make decisions to put covenants on properties sold through Right to Buy to prevent them being used as holiday lets, and in Designated Rural Areas homes can only be resold to a local person.

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