Increase government funding for the provision of social housing.
- Final Signatures: 41
Not only is it hard for many people to compete in the housing market, but to make things worse there is also a lack of social housing around the UK. Therefore, there should be a far greater number of social housing in the UK.
Provide dedicated funding for Mental Health day centres
- Final Signatures: 73
The Government should give local authorities dedicated funding for mental health day care centres. Too many local authorities are under financial pressure and are closing these centres. These centres are safe havens and places for some of our most vulnerable people to be, make friends and stay well.
Stop local council parking enforcement teams from working during lockdown
- Final Signatures: 41
To confirm that parking enforcement are not keyworkers and should not be allowed to give tickets.
Extend H2B and reintroduce the H2B Mortgage Guarantee Scheme
- Final Signatures: 25
Extend the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme in it’s current form for a further 2 yrs and re-introduce Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee to help fix the Mortgage Market. The housing market will not struggle due to demand, it will struggle with people not being able to obtain reasonable finance
Require developers to compensate buyers for missed completion dates
- Final Signatures: 59
Contracts for newbuild homes seem heavily weighted in favour of the developer, as is the industry-led code of practice that informs them. The sector should provide compensation for missed completion dates to make buying a newbuild home fairer.
According to Centrepoint research 110,000 young people asked their local authority for help with homelessness last year - this needs to change. We call on the Government to provide local authorities with ringfenced funds to provide all young people in need somewhere suitable and affordable to live.
Make repairing or replacing a damaged boundary fence a legal requirement
- Final Signatures: 46
Home owners should be legally responsible for replacing blown down fencing that intrudes on another property, or repairing fencing to maintain a secure shared boundary.
Create a national strategy to end youth homelessness
- Final Signatures: 15,334
In 2021-22, 129,000 young people experiencing homelessness approached their council for help. Yet no one is talking about this and there is no national plan to end this ahead of the General Election.
This has to change. We have the power to help so many young people, and absolutely should.
The Government responsed to this petition on 22nd February 2024 (View Full Response)Make it mandatory for all new buildings to be fitted with solar panels as a condition of planning permission.
The Government responsed to this petition on 23rd November 2022 (View Full Response)Increase statutory protections for protected trees and listed parks
- Final Signatures: 2,051
Protected trees and grade listed parks should be afforded statutory protections equivalent to grade-listed buildings.