Housing Occupancy: West Dorset
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support older homeowners to downsize in West Dorset constituency.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
Under-occupation is recorded in the English Housing Survey’s annual statistics.
The choice to sell a home is ultimately one for the owner of the property to make.
However, the government are taking steps to modernise the home buying and selling process, including through digital innovation.
As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 26 November 2024 (HCWS249), we are also giving careful consideration to the recommendations from the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report.
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