Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities supports communities across the UK to thrive, making them great places to live and work.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
  Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
• Rachel Maclean MP
  Minister of State (Housing and Planning)
• Felicity Buchan MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Housing and Homelessness)
• Dehenna Davison MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Levelling Up)
• Lee Rowley MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Local Government and Building Safety)
• Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Faith and Communities, and Lords Minister)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Mandate universal single-occupant toilets that are accessible without a key
  Open from Friday 17th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  36 signatures

• Extend the Freedom of Information Act to Registered Social Landlords (RSLs)
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  37 signatures

• Amend the law on statutory overcrowding and children sharing bedrooms
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Reform council tax so it is based on square footage and not value
  Open from Wednesday 8th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Make repeated acts of non-completion of works by tradespeople an offence
  Open from Friday 3rd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  50 signatures

• Make the development of land contaminated by anthrax illegal
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  19 signatures

• Repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824 immediately
  Open from Monday 29th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Ban the use of 'claw-back' or 'overage' clauses in property sales
  Open from Tuesday 23rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  33 signatures

• Exempt all early years settings in England from business rates
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,607 signatures

• Ban wind farm onshore asset development on green belt land
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,304 signatures

• Require accessible adult changing facilities at all public toilets
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  54 signatures

• Reform Council Tax For England to Reflect Occupancy and not Property Value
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  158 signatures

• Create a new body to regulate service charges for residential property
  Open from Wednesday 10th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18,552 signatures

• Allow tenants to end tenancy agreement if landlord fails to complete repairs
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  37 signatures

• Exempt clock chimes from noise abatement regulations
  Open from Monday 8th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  329 signatures

• Public Inquiry into Business Rates on Smaller Businesses
  Open from Friday 5th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  118 signatures

• Extend cladding remediation funding to buildings under 11 metres
  Open from Friday 5th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,508 signatures

• Ban pavement parking that blocks pavement users from passing
  Open from Thursday 4th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  66 signatures

• Fund places for homeless people to cook in
  Open from Wednesday 3rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  208 signatures

• New law to guarantee new social housing tenancies for victims of violence
  Open from Tuesday 2nd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  198 signatures

• Reform laws to cap profits for developers and support home buyers/self-builders
  Open from Thursday 28th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Create a body for regulation and monitoring of new builds with strong powers
  Open from Thursday 28th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  369 signatures

• Introduce a mandatory buffer zone for all new quarry sites
  Open from Thursday 28th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,276 signatures

• Ban the use of Section 21 evictions by December 2024
  Open from Wednesday 27th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  105 signatures

• Exclude HMOs from permitted development rights so residents have their say
  Open from Tuesday 26th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  90 signatures

• Introduce new energy efficiency rules for new build homes
  Open from Friday 15th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  37 signatures

• Provide funding to remove cavity wall insultation (CWI) and compensate residents
  Open from Thursday 7th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  984 signatures

• Review the sale/purchase of properties to streamline and improve protections
  Open from Wednesday 6th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  114 signatures

• Provide more funding for basketball courts
  Open from Tuesday 5th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  28 signatures

• Ban communal boilers for housing estates
  Open from Friday 1st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  191 signatures

• Fund construction of new affordable social housing
  Open from Tuesday 27th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Review local authorities' council tax support schemes and issue guidance
  Open from Tuesday 27th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  75 signatures

• Ban compulsory purchase orders for properties to house asylum seekers
  Open from Tuesday 27th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  516 signatures

• More funding for youth offending teams
  Open from Monday 19th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Ban councils from building high-density housing on school playgrounds
  Open from Friday 16th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  190 signatures

• Introduce fines for landlords that fail to tackle illegal drug use
  Open from Wednesday 14th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Government not to change rules on councils selling community assets
  Open from Friday 9th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Require Public Access Defibrillators in newly built housing projects
  Open from Wednesday 7th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  542 signatures

• Hold a referendum on repealing the Greater London Authority Act 1999
  Open from Friday 26th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  844 signatures

• Make it easier to build eco-dwellings on agricultural land
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  129 signatures

• Give parents/carers/guardians of SEND people rights to attend decision panels
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,203 signatures

• Launch a review on planning laws & Green Belt to increase housebuilding
  Open from Tuesday 16th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  51 signatures

• Remove restrictions on matters the Local Government Ombudsman can investigate
  Open from Tuesday 16th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  689 signatures

• Require councils to provide secure dog fields for exercising XLs & other breeds
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  137 signatures

• Allow people to own the land their homes stand on instead of the Crown
  Open from Thursday 11th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  154 signatures

• Increase Lifetime ISA property price cap for London
  Open from Monday 8th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  120 signatures

• Extend the Right to Acquire to social housing built or bought from 1990
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  44 signatures

• Require Levelling Up Fund applicants to consult on plans
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  133 signatures

• Require those pulling out of property transactions to cover other party's costs
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  28 signatures

• Create legal requirements to retrofit upper floor conversions with soundproofing
  Open from Friday 15th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  65 signatures

• Incentivise landlords not to sell properties & to charge affordable rents
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Reform planning regulations regarding telecommunications installations
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  320 signatures

• Enhance consumer protection for holiday caravan owners
  Open from Friday 24th November 2023 to Friday 24th May 2024
  27,923 signatures

• Review rights of succession for social housing tenancies
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  61 signatures

• Stamp Duty Relief for people who have to move due to unforeseeable life events
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  106 signatures

• Require toilets in all baby changing facilities
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  224 signatures

• Do not restrict the use of tents by homeless people
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  175 signatures

• Roll out a Right to Buy scheme for all housing association tenants
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  581 signatures

• Impose caps on annual rent rises and additional taxes on vacant properties
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  166 signatures

• Add new charge to council tax to increase funding for the NHS
  Open from Wednesday 1st November 2023 to Wednesday 1st May 2024
  11 signatures

• Give leaseholders the legal right to install heat pumps
  Open from Friday 20th October 2023 to Saturday 20th April 2024
  67 signatures

• Remove VAT for listed building repair materials and work
  Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
  26 signatures

• Put a cap on profits made by private landlords
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  101 signatures

• Introduce statutory regulation and standards for estate agents
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  23 signatures

• Exclude telegraph poles from permitted development legislation
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  10,453 signatures

• Legislate to make community meals on wheels a statutory service
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  706 signatures

• Ensure everyone experiencing homelessness can access emergency accommodation
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  186 signatures

• Give London a referendum on removing the position of London Mayor
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  1,006 signatures

• Make single parents exempt from the bedroom tax
  Open from Thursday 28th September 2023 to Thursday 28th March 2024
  26 signatures

• Create a national strategy to end youth homelessness
  Open from Thursday 21st September 2023 to Thursday 21st March 2024
  15,334 signatures

• Require planning fees be ringfenced for planning services
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  124 signatures

• Require cemeteries, burial grounds and crematorium gardens to be maintained
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  54 signatures

• Extend protections from building safety costs to buildings under 11 metres

• Extend protections from building safety costs to buildings under 11 metres
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  44 signatures

• Give one-person households 50% council tax discount rather than 25%
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  12,677 signatures

• Require local authorities better protect victims of anti-social neighbours
  Open from Wednesday 6th September 2023 to Wednesday 6th March 2024
  115 signatures

• Support the building of mixed housing by local authorities
  Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
  24 signatures

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the London Assembly
  Open from Thursday 31st August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  39 signatures

• Do not introduce new building requirements for separate male and female toilets
  Open from Tuesday 22nd August 2023 to Thursday 22nd February 2024
  495 signatures

• Require baby changing facilities in all public toilets
  Open from Wednesday 9th August 2023 to Friday 9th February 2024
  43 signatures

• Fast-track the Renters (Reform) Bill
  Open from Tuesday 8th August 2023 to Thursday 8th February 2024
  42 signatures

• Fund insulation of all social housing
  Open from Wednesday 2nd August 2023 to Friday 2nd February 2024
  59 signatures

• Provide funding for wheelchair accessible equipment in playgrounds
  Open from Friday 21st July 2023 to Sunday 21st January 2024
  37 signatures

• Review and reform the local planning process
  Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
  543 signatures

• Increase support for first time buyers/families with mortgages/HTB properties
  Open from Monday 10th July 2023 to Wednesday 10th January 2024
  54 signatures

• Require CCTV in all public parks and recreation grounds
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  257 signatures

• Remove planning decisions from local government
  Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
  24 signatures

• Let water companies veto planning applications due to infrastructure demand
  Open from Wednesday 28th June 2023 to Thursday 28th December 2023
  589 signatures

• Require all new build properties to have solar power generation installed
  Open from Wednesday 28th June 2023 to Thursday 28th December 2023
  113 signatures

• New rights for partners, pregnant or vulnerable people living in partner's home
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  35 signatures

• Extend deadline and provide funding for supported housing to achieve EPC rating
  Open from Tuesday 13th June 2023 to Wednesday 13th December 2023
  352 signatures

• Reverse provisions in Renters Reform Bill to remove Assured Shorthold Tenancies
  Open from Wednesday 7th June 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023
  2,782 signatures

• Fund improved street lighting and installation of CCTV to help make women safe
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  33 signatures

• Ban smoking outside of schools
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  66 signatures

• Increase funding for youth organisations across the county
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  211 signatures

• Require life rings along all canals and rivers
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  50 signatures

• Remove the automatic exclusion policy for fostering/adopting
  Open from Tuesday 30th May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
  26 signatures

• Introduce a temporary Blue Badge scheme
  Open from Friday 26th May 2023 to Sunday 26th November 2023
  48 signatures

• Provide public 'care of addresses' for homeless people
  Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
  40 signatures

• Ban full repairing and insuring (FRI) leases for commercial properties
  Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
  29 signatures

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