Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is central to the mission-driven government, from fixing the foundations of an affordable home to handing power back to communities and rebuilding local governments. MHCLG is a ministerial department, supported by 16 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-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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• Establishment of Minimum Standards for Student Housing
  Opened on Thursday 21st November 2024
  13 signatures so far

• New planning regulations on all new houses - climate conscious energy supply.

• Increase penalties for illegal evictions

• Require letters from local authorities about fines/debts be sent "signed for"

• Require letters from local authorities about fines/debts be sent "signed for"
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  44 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

• Cap monthly Council Tax payments to no more than 8% of net income
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  56 signatures

• Ban social housing evictions if it’s a result of a low or zero income
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  25 signatures

• Introduce a Covid safety rating inspection for all public places
  Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
  20 signatures

• Ensure home buyers have better consumer protection instead of buyer beware rule
  Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
  26 signatures

• Increase funding for mental health care for those at risk of homelessness
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  13 signatures

• Make it easier for people to build low impact housing
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  109 signatures

• Make repairing or replacing a damaged boundary fence a legal requirement
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  46 signatures

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

• Require all newly built homes to be Carbon Neutral by 2030
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  45 signatures

• Remove the £11.00 charge that family have to pay per death certificate!
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  58 signatures

• Create council tax exemptions and railway discounts for part-time students
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  53 signatures

• Provide dedicated funding for Mental Health day centres
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  73 signatures

• Require Planning Permission for laying of Astroturf Lawns / Artificial Grass
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  12,703 signatures

• Prevent Social Housing landlords increasing rent this financial year
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  17 signatures

• Ban smoking indoors in flats, terraced, and semi-detached houses
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  47 signatures

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

• Mandate a deposit from buyers on an accepted property offer
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  13 signatures

• Require developers to compensate buyers for missed completion dates
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  59 signatures

• Require, by law, a basic level of training for all Planning Committee members.
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  25 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
  103,527 signatures

• Allow wedding venues that can safely operate to open 12/04/21 for 15 guests
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  25 signatures

• Fund local councils to install more street lighting across the UK
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  40 signatures

• Allow multiple successions of social housing tenancies
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  11 signatures

• Make home purchases legally binding once an offer is accepted
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  179 signatures

• Protect critically ill people from eviction by landlords
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  26 signatures

• Require that people apply for planning permission before erecting trampolines
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  17 signatures

• Make it mandatory for local councils in England to have a weapons amnesty bin.
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  129 signatures

• Give religious institutions legal rights to broadcast calls to prayer
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  54 signatures

• Allocate Government time to debate the Supported Accommodation Bill
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  134 signatures

• Fund free self-defence classes for women in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  98 signatures

• Fund a memorial monument of all the people that have died from COVID 19
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  18 signatures

• Trees planted in the grounds of every new home and to be maintained by law
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  94 signatures

• Revise planning permission requirement for fences over 2m.
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  19 signatures

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

• Allow couples to give notice and marry/civil partnership over video conference
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  57 signatures

• Reform council tax discount rules for over 65s with dementia
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  2,321 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

• Require local authorities to fund specific domestic abuse services for women
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  12,918 signatures

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

• Create a rent cap of £700 PCM and give extra protections to renters
  Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
  78 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

• Require local authorities to compost all food waste
  Open from Monday 22nd February 2021 to Sunday 22nd August 2021
  146 signatures

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

• Extend the stamp duty relief period for cladding scandal victims
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  112 signatures

• Freeze business rates for the financial year ending 2022
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  9 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

• Change succession rights to allow tenancies to be passed down more than once
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  74 signatures

• A five year period to prevent planning permissions on pubs to change their use.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  15 signatures

• Provide funding for local initiatives to establish COVID-19 memorial arboretums.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  32 signatures

• Ban the use of rock salt to grit pavements for the welfare of animals
  Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
  41 signatures

• Make Rain Water Harvesting systems mandatory in all multi-occupancy new builds
  Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
  91 signatures

• Increase requirements and support for renewable energy for domestic property

• Increase requirements and support for renewable energy for domestic property
  Open from Wednesday 10th February 2021 to Tuesday 10th August 2021
  142 signatures

• Increase government funding for the provision of social housing.
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  41 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

• Extend Help to buy Equity Loan Scheme 2013-2021 deadline due to Covid-19
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  30 signatures

• Require all Landlords to allow individuals claiming DSS to rent during Covid-19
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  14 signatures

• Remove the ability of Ministers to “call in” planning decisions
  Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
  22 signatures

• Allow the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme to be used for any property
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  98 signatures

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

• Ban house viewings if the tenant does not approve during the pandemic
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  16 signatures

• Require local councils to offer a 50% single person discount for council tax
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  55 signatures

• Increase legal protection for lodgers (people with live-in landlords)
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  37 signatures

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

• Abolish council tax and fund local authorities from general taxation
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  193 signatures

• Make spitting in the street illegal
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  47 signatures

• Stop local council parking enforcement teams from working during lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  41 signatures

• Extend the deadline for Electrical Installation Condition Reports
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  142 signatures

• Abolish Chancel Repair Liability
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  23 signatures

• Ban local councils from charging for rubble and diy waste materials
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  35 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

• 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
  7,662 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

• Make it illegal to require guarantors for tenants in receipt of housing benefit
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  18 signatures

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

• Abolish requiring local authorities to consult Parish Councils for planning.
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  13 signatures

• Create a rent Cap law for London Similar to the Berlin and Barcelona examples
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  56 signatures

• Ensure that there is suitable affordable housing available for all young people
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  25 signatures

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

• Robust legislation for new build apartment renovations to comply with AD E
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  12 signatures

• Extend H2B and reintroduce the H2B Mortgage Guarantee Scheme
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  25 signatures

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

• 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

• Increase Local Authority funding for libraries and children's centres.
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  32 signatures

• Encourage increased disabled parking provision by local councils
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  117 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

• Nationally require 10% of new build homes to be accessible to disabled people
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  26 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

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

• Introduce a stay on eviction proceedings for tenants over Christmas
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  7 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

• Seek to extend Mortgage Payment Holidays up to 9 months due to second lockdown
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  87 signatures

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