Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) job was to create great places to live and work, and to give more power to local people to shape what happens in their area.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP
  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Luke Hall MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government)
• The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
• Eddie Hughes MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Rough Sleeping & Housing)
• Lord Stephen Greenhalgh
  Minister of State (Minister for Building Safety and Communities)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Exempt golf courses from the list of venues required to close due to Covid-19
  Open from Friday 1st May 2020 to Sunday 1st November 2020
  254,594 signatures

• Allow gyms and leisure centres to reopen
  Open from Wednesday 22nd April 2020 to Thursday 22nd October 2020
  136,160 signatures

• Allow Zoos and Wildlife attractions to reopen with social distancing in place
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  129,289 signatures

• Increase Number of Guests Permitted at Weddings, according to Venue Capacity
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  113,401 signatures

• Require councils to suspend council tax payments during the coronavirus outbreak
  Open from Thursday 26th March 2020 to Saturday 26th September 2020
  107,594 signatures

• Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all bodies of open water
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  103,530 signatures

• Enable all students to end university tenancy agreements early due to Covid-19.
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  68,297 signatures

• Allow Salons and Tattoo parlors to open at same time as hairdressers
  Open from Thursday 25th June 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020
  61,486 signatures

• Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down
  Open from Friday 19th June 2020 to Saturday 19th December 2020
  35,174 signatures

• Free leaseholders trapped in new build properties by post-Grenfell EWS1 form
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  33,104 signatures

• Allow corporate worship and congregational singing at places of worship
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  32,876 signatures

• Protect leaseholders from paying for cladding remedial works
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  30,959 signatures

• Permit weddings of 5 people (registrar/couple/2 witnesses) during COVID19
  Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
  24,326 signatures

• Let the whole UK elect the London Mayor; a position of growing national interest
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  18,693 signatures

• Require local authorities to have free helplines for the homeless and vulnerable
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  18,318 signatures

• Legislate to BAN leasehold houses & set ground rents of new-build flats to ZERO
  Open from Monday 14th September 2020 to Sunday 14th March 2021
  17,600 signatures

• Prioritise brownfield development in law to protect our green belt and farmland
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  13,839 signatures

• Give holiday caravan/lodge owners the same statutory protection as mobile homes.
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  13,478 signatures

• Require local authorities to fund specific domestic abuse services for women
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  12,917 signatures

• Require Planning Permission for laying of Astroturf Lawns / Artificial Grass
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  12,704 signatures

• Ban developers starting new work until their EWS1 failing buildings are fixed
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  12,670 signatures

• Allow Landlords to evict tenants where there are 14 days rent arrears
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  12,564 signatures

• Review planning legislation to include facilities for HGV drivers.
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  12,393 signatures

• Revise the NPPF to include the protection of all and particularly old hedgerows.
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  11,773 signatures

• Council Tax reduction for people paying Estate Management fees
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  11,488 signatures

• For the sake of wildlife & forests ban the release of balloons and sky lanterns.
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  11,481 signatures

• Abolish Stamp Duty on all transactions during Corona Virus pandemic
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  11,390 signatures

• Extend business rates relief to include every English language teaching school
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  11,131 signatures

• Ban Anti-Homeless Architecture
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  8,376 signatures

• Extend the Building Safety Fund to include non-ACM buildings under 18m
  Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
  8,235 signatures

• Permission to enter places of Worship in England U.K.
  Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
  8,234 signatures

• Ban Blanket No Pet Clauses in Tenancy Agreements & Leases.

• Ban Blanket No Pet Clauses in Tenancy Agreements & Leases.
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  7,660 signatures

• Give leaseholders more legal protection and consumer rights
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  6,986 signatures

• Require and fund the local provision of swimming and leisure facilities
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  4,917 signatures

• Hold a referendum in London on removing the role of Mayor of London
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  4,791 signatures

• Save our Green and Pleasant Land and abandon the proposed Planning Reforms
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  4,549 signatures

• Amend council housing points system so homeless veterans receive higher priority
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  4,427 signatures

• Allow people to build low impact and sustainable homes more easily in England
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  4,401 signatures

• Prevent discrimination of tenants or potential tenants with pets
  Open from Thursday 25th June 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020
  3,916 signatures

• Ban the redevelopment of agricultural land. Protect it for food production.
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  3,630 signatures

• Introduce statutory licensing and regulation of builders
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  3,331 signatures

• Ban house builders including service management for freeholds in the deeds
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  2,900 signatures

• Make it law that brownfield land is used first for new houses not green belt

• Encourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade
  Open from Friday 19th June 2020 to Saturday 19th December 2020
  2,413 signatures

• Reform council tax discount rules for over 65s with dementia
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  2,320 signatures

• Increase statutory protections for protected trees and listed parks
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  2,051 signatures

• Prevent costs of the Park owner Fitness criteria being passed on to residents
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  2,012 signatures

• Ban overseas funding for religious places of worship in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  1,829 signatures

• Give businesses the right to opt out of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  1,818 signatures

• Extend the Help to Buy. Protect deposits for those over the new house cap.
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  1,797 signatures

• Make wearing a face covering in indoor shops mandatory
  Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  1,673 signatures

• Fund the provision of more allotment sites
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  1,654 signatures

• Require councils to suspend council tax increases for year 2021/2022
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  1,587 signatures

• Overhaul current, flawed EPCs so that they are fair, accurate & relevant.
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  1,368 signatures

• Implement select committee recommendations on cladding to protect leaseholders
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  1,274 signatures

• Fund and roll out the Voluntary Right to Buy Scheme nationally
  Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
  1,226 signatures

• Reform rules for mutual exchange of social housing
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  923 signatures

• Make it law for all new builds to include green energy solutions.
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  879 signatures

• Reform proposed changes to planning system and remove top-down housing targets
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  815 signatures

• Require new developments to include wheelchair accessible homes
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  694 signatures

• Reduced Council Tax for private estate properties
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  618 signatures

• Ban landlords and estate agents discriminating against universal credit tenants
  Open from Thursday 16th April 2020 to Friday 16th October 2020
  604 signatures

• Abolish Council tax
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  575 signatures

• Provide funding to make the UK more wheelchair accessible
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  552 signatures

• Impose additional requirements on local authorities regarding Traveller sites
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  539 signatures

• Require local authorities to publish all FOI request replies online
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  512 signatures

• Wind turbine blades - when painted black can reduce harm to birds.
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  501 signatures

• Establish a regulatory and licensing framework for developers of new build homes
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  499 signatures

• Put the official recommendations from Phase 1 of the Grenfell Inquiry into law
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  481 signatures

• Extend ACM fund to include ALL types of flammable cladding in apartment blocks
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  464 signatures

• Make it mandatory for local councils in England to have a weapons bin
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  463 signatures

• Fund local authorities to increase the Disabled Facilities Grant
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  460 signatures

• Require local authorities to waive and refund council tax for 2020/21
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  459 signatures

• Prohibit District Councils from applying to themselves for planning permission
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  426 signatures

• Make Fire Safety a defined Material Consideration for Planning Applications
  Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
  420 signatures

• Make overage provision on selling land illegal
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  396 signatures

• Have a mandatory two-week gap between exchange and completion of house sales
  Open from Tuesday 4th May 2021 to Thursday 4th November 2021
  380 signatures

• End Homelessness in Britain by adopting and funding the “Housing First” project.
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  364 signatures

• Make landlords provide references from previous tenants.
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  363 signatures

• Set standards for soundproofing for Houses of Multiple Occupation
  Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
  358 signatures

• Extend right of appeal for major planning developments to objectors
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  354 signatures

• Require councils to add shades to LED street lamps automatically
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  347 signatures

• Temporarily extend the time for implementing planning permissions
  Open from Wednesday 20th May 2020 to Friday 20th November 2020
  346 signatures

• Make it compulsory for councils to scan deceased animals found on road side
  Open from Wednesday 9th December 2020 to Wednesday 9th June 2021
  344 signatures

• Make weddings affordable by legalising outdoor & marquee wedding ceremonies
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  340 signatures

• Fund local authority provision of baby and toddler centres in every community
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  332 signatures

• Allow wedding ceremonies and receptions to take place with social distancing
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  329 signatures

• Appoint a separate Minister for Leasehold.
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  320 signatures

• Provide alternative means for conducting weddings during Covid Pandemic
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  305 signatures

• Allow beauty salons to open
  Open from Thursday 25th June 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020
  299 signatures

• Ease local restrictions to allow snooker/pool for persons from two households
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  280 signatures

• Increase local authority funding to pay for increase in pay for social workers
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  264 signatures

• Allow choral singing to resume as soon as indoor gatherings are permitted
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  242 signatures

• Require housing for all homeless people after the coronavirus crisis
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  242 signatures

• Mandate rating of accessibility for commercial establishments.
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  237 signatures

• Suspend the 'Right to Buy' scheme for council housing until stock increases.
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  212 signatures

• Allow the display of LGBT+ pride flags without council permission
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  211 signatures

• Make gazumping illegal in England
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  208 signatures

• Ban new housing developments in National Parks
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  204 signatures

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