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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• Establish a guarantor scheme for people seeking private tenancies
  Open from Friday 13th November 2020 to Thursday 13th May 2021
  12 signatures

• Require developers relocate not demolish buildings of historical interest
  Open from Friday 13th November 2020 to Thursday 13th May 2021
  51 signatures

• Save our Green and Pleasant Land and abandon the proposed Planning Reforms
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  4,551 signatures

• Require local authorities to provide free 24-hour accessible public toilets
  Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
  67 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

• Ban the development of Wind Farms within AONBs and National Parks in England
  Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
  182 signatures

• Extend Council Tax exemptions on properties of the deceased that are for sale
  Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
  22 signatures

• Reform the party wall act and instate a party wall regulator for households
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  68 signatures

• Ensure emergency access to residential properties of single, disabled people
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  41 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

• 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

• Fund local authorities to provide CCTV in parks and open spaces
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  109 signatures

• Extend Stamp Duty holidays for Flat owners
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  28 signatures

• Give homeowners rights to compensation if nearby development affects house value
  Open from Wednesday 21st October 2020 to Wednesday 21st April 2021
  31 signatures

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

• 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

• Lockdown areas with high Covid-19 rates
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  8 signatures

• allow HMO permitted development rights to convert into studios
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  14 signatures

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

• Give leaseholders more legal protection and consumer rights
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  6,987 signatures

• Give local authorities powers to designate zones where face masks must be worn
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  14 signatures

• Allow up to 30 people to attend a wake.
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  10 signatures

• Fund increased support the homeless
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  35 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

• Link Help to Buy maximum prices to local average property prices
  Open from Friday 9th October 2020 to Friday 9th April 2021
  14 signatures

• Exempt all Emergency Service workers from parking restrictions when on call
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  94 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

• Implement select committee recommendations on cladding to protect leaseholders
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  1,275 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

• Repeal Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  19 signatures

• Reject North Yorkshire County Council's proposal for a 'mega council'
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  103 signatures

• Extend the Building Safety Fund to include non-ACM buildings under 18m
  Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
  8,236 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

• Extend the limit for weddings to 30 with COVID 19 restrictions
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  134 signatures

• Allow Landlords to evict tenants where there are 14 days rent arrears
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  12,565 signatures

• Reject any proposals to abolish District Councils in Lancashire
  Open from Monday 28th September 2020 to Sunday 28th March 2021
  33 signatures

• Require local authorities to collect garden waste for free
  Open from Monday 28th September 2020 to Sunday 28th March 2021
  50 signatures

• Have an enquiry into the English conveyancing system.
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  43 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

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

• Prevent building on disused railways - safeguard them for the future
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  41 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 home offers to be a legally binding contract with penalties if broken.
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  23 signatures

• Extend the council tax exemption to graduation date for final year students.
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  12 signatures

• Extend right of appeal for major planning developments to objectors
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  354 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
  2,013 signatures

• Address concerns of UCL/UL review into the quality of homes through PDR
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  105 signatures

• Make it easier to vary or revoke Tree Preservation Orders
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  12 signatures

• Make it law that costs incurred due to protest is to be borne by the organiser/s
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  13 signatures

• Make drinking water facilities mandatory in service stations and town centres
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  146 signatures

• Scrap stamp duty on additional properties
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  70 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
  17,605 signatures

• Camper Vans and Caravans to overnight only at approved Camping Sites.
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  14 signatures

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

• Please do not extend evictions ban
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  33 signatures

• Require local councils to publish final destinations of household recycling.
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  123 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

• Require specified levels of hedge planting for all new developments
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  128 signatures

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

• Require new developments to include wheelchair accessible homes
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  694 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
  4,792 signatures

• Lift the Ban on evictions during Covid for Anti-Social Behaivour
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  18 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

• Expand the Membership of the Place of Worship Taskforce
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  12 signatures

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

• Exempt empty commercial properties from business rates due to Covid-19
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  127 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

• Require local authorities to hold referendums on plans for structural changes
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  63 signatures

• Backdate stamp duty holiday to the 12th May.
  Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
  201 signatures

• Close our beaches to the public or restrict their use to the local population
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  27 signatures

• Require commercial and industrial units in urban areas to seagull proof roofs
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  14 signatures

• Extend business rates relief to include every English language teaching school
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  11,133 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

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

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

• Require bars, clubs and music venues to have metal detectors
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  119 signatures

• Set time limits for funerals in England
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  27 signatures

• Ensure all Buildings in the UK are Fire-Protected Following the Grenfell Tragedy
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  66 signatures

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

• Protect leaseholders from paying for cladding remedial works
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  30,984 signatures

• Make empty properties that are up for sale exempt from council tax
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  33 signatures

• Ban bonfires between May 1st - October 1st
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  45 signatures

• Provide funding to keep religious establishments open and functional post-Covid
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  10 signatures

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

• Require defibrillators on all estates or w/0.25 mile radius of residential areas
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  39 signatures

• AED's/Defibrillators to be external and accessible 24/7 on ALL public buildings.
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  55 signatures

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

• Amend council housing points system so homeless veterans receive higher priority
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  4,428 signatures

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

• Prevent Housing Associations spending money on purposes other than housing
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  24 signatures

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

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

• Remove the Planning Inspectorate's power to override elected councils
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  133 signatures

• Make house buying the same legal process in England and Wales as is in Scotland
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  141 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 weddings affordable by legalising outdoor & marquee wedding ceremonies
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  340 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

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