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Prevent holiday homes from destroying communities and reducing local housing

Submitted on Wednesday 4th August 2021

Rejected on Thursday 5th August 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Prevent holiday homes from destroying communities and reducing local housing

Petition Details

I would like the government to take further action by limiting the number of second homes a person can have and increasing taxes on said properties. This would make it fairer on local residents who are already struggling for housing.

Additional Information

Local housing opportunities is becoming less and less due to a massive uptaking of second homes.

Local communities will slowly disappear as residents will be forced out of the areas they live and work in due to a lack of renting/buying opportunities which are instead being taken up as second homes.

This is something that's particularly worrying in North Wales at the moment and I'm sure other tourist areas too.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.

The Government is not responsible for how many properties a person owns. There is already a higher rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax for people purchasing an additional property, but we could accept a petition for this surcharge to be increased: www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/residential-property-rates

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