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Angela Rayner defiantly warned that councils are coming for privately-owned homes today – after thanking Labour members for their support during her own housing crisis.
The Housing Secretary praised new stronger powers for local authorities to seize empty properties to ease homelessness as she addressed the party conference in Liverpool.
Ms Rayner unveiled plans earlier this week to reform Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs) to allow councils to seize properties vacant for more than six months.
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She told delegates: 'For those homes that sit idle and unused, we will make it easier for councils to bring these homes back into use for desperate families who need them.
'Sweeping away Tory barriers that hampered our local leaders from taking action.'
Her speech was her first at the event in two years, having been forced to quit Keir Starmer's cabinet shortly before the 2025 conference for failing to pay a £40,000 stamp duty bill on a holiday home more than 200 miles from her constituency.
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Arriving on stage to an ovation, she made a footballer-style heart shape with her hands before saying: 'I don't cry often, but nearly.
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The Housing Secretary praised new stronger powers for local authorities to seize empty properties to ease homelessness as she addressed the party conference in Liverpool
Her speech was her first at the event in two years, having been forced to quit Keir Starmer's cabinet shortly before the 2025 conference for failing to pay a £40,000 stamp duty bill on a holiday home more than 200 miles from her constituency
The Housing Secretary revealed the plans on the first day of Labour's annual conference, with the aim of bringing the 300,000 empty homes across England back into use.
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The sweeping reforms to EDMOs are being made as the Government aims to build 1.5 million homes before its self-imposed deadline of 2029.
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Government → make → 2029
EDMOs can be used to restore homes for use for an initial 12 months, and up to a total of eight years, but no applications have been made since 2021.
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applications → use → 2021
Ms Rayner's plans will reduce the period of time a house must be empty before it can be taken over from two years to six months.
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it → reduce → months
Ministers also aim to speed up the backroom process which allows councils to seize properties through a tribunal system, and want to protect local authorities from absorbing the costs associated with using EDMOs.
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councils → aim → EDMOs
Tory shadow housing secretary Katie Lamb said: 'This Labour Government wants to seize your property, if they don't approve of how you're using it.
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you → say → it
They're making the housing crisis worse and using it as an excuse to attack property rights.
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crisis → make → rights
'The truth is, Labour don't think that anything you own really belongs to you.'
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Ms Rayner also warned landlords that more action was coming on leasehold reform, branding it 'unfinished business', as she pledged to place a cap on administration fees
Ms Rayner also warned landlords that more action was coming on leasehold reform, branding it 'unfinished business', as she pledged to place a cap on administration fees.
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she → warn → fees
Ms Rayner appeared emotional as she opened her speech.
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She said: 'I want to start by saying a big thank you to everyone here.
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Your work got us into government, we wouldn't be here without you, and I certainly wouldn't be here without you.
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'The support received from so many people here over the last year has meant so much to me personally.
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