Deputy Prime Minister written question – answered at on 16 February 2006.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the Government's policy is on the use of empty dwelling management orders in relation to seizing properties which are empty due to the death of the owner.
Where a dwelling is unoccupied following the death of the owner, it will be excepted from the making of an interim empty dwelling management order for a period of six months following grant of representation. The dwelling will continue to be excepted after this period if the new owner plans to bring it back into occupation or put it on the market.
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