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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Lynch

Councils to be given powers to seize empty homes after just six months

Labour will give local leaders stronger powers to take possession of empty and derelict homes so they can be brought back into use, Angela Rayner has revealed.

The plans, which are aimed at bringing the 300,000 empty homes across England back into use, were announced by the Housing Secretary on the first day of Labour’s annual conference.

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