Allow Landlords to evict tenants where there are 14 days rent arrears
- Final Signatures: 12,565
You can't go into a supermarket and steal your weeks groceries. There are laws in place to protect shop keepers large and small. Not paying rent is also theft with the Landlord being the victim. In Australia, tenants can be evicted for being 14 days in arrears with rent. Lets have that system here.
The Government responsed to this petition on 10th December 2020 (View Full Response)Make it law for all new builds to include green energy solutions.
- Final Signatures: 880
Builders should be required to install green energy solutions in all new builds with immediate effect. For example, automatically installing solar panels on roofs of all new homes and business premises and thoroughly insulating new builds to save energy consumption.
Review planning legislation to include facilities for HGV drivers.
- Final Signatures: 12,393
Review planning legislation to force councils to include adequate safe and secure HGV parking with refreshment and washing facilities for drivers when allowing large distribution parks to be built, based on percentage capacity, or when undertaking major road improvement or construction works.
The Government responsed to this petition on 17th November 2020 (View Full Response)Increase legal protection for lodgers (people with live-in landlords)
- Final Signatures: 37
The laws protecting lodgers need to be updated. I suggest:
Nationally require 10% of new build homes to be accessible to disabled people
- Final Signatures: 26
Enact legislation to require all local authorities to make at least 10% of new build homes for sale accessible or adaptable for disabled people, matching the standard set by London.
Figures suggest 1.9 million leaseholders are now considered "mortgage prisoners". Government blames builders, builders blame building regulation, inspectors blame builders. Innocent leaseholders have a right to know who was responsible for one of the greatest building scandals in UK history.
The Government responsed to this petition on 15th December 2021 (View Full Response)Many students are currently tied into expensive agreements for rooms they do not need and would rather not use. Scotland has already legislated for this. We want all students to have the same rights. We were misled into thinking universities would be Covid-safe. The reality is that they are not.
The Government responsed to this petition on 23rd February 2021 (View Full Response)Council Tax reduction for people paying Estate Management fees
- Final Signatures: 11,488
I want a reduction in Council tax for people on private estates paying stewardship/management fees.
The Government responsed to this petition on 13th October 2020 (View Full Response)The Government should amend legislation to enable Councillors to be disqualified or suspended for breaching relevant Codes of Conduct. Some Councillors behave unacceptably, yet currently sanctions do not enable Councillors to be disqualified or suspended for breaches of a Code of Conduct.
The Government responsed to this petition on 25th November 2021 (View Full Response)Require councils to suspend council tax increases for year 2021/2022
- Final Signatures: 1,587
Require councils to suspend council tax rises, to ease the pressure on family budgets caused by the coronavirus outbreak.