The effect of this would be extremely minimal. Almost all empty homes in the UK are homes that are temporarily empty pending sale or between renters. Having empty homes is actually extremely normal, you can’t really not have empty homes, as people are always moving.

The UK has far fewer empty empty homes than anywhere else in the developed world. Our housing stock isn’t enough.

There’s no other option but to build more. I hope Labour’s plans can help with that, but who knows. And it’d need to be sustained.