The leasehold system is an outdated relic that means millions of people own their home, but not the ground it's built on. This leaves them trapped paying ever-increasing ground rents and unfair service charges to a landlord who owns the land. This system is unfair and exploitative. It’s time to follow the example of other countries and switch to a system of commonhold, giving people genuine, full ownership of their homes and land. Let's give homeowners security and scrap this unjust system for good

New laws are being introduced to give leaseholders greater and fairer protection. A key part of this is making sure landlords are transparent about how they raise and spend service charges paid by homeowners. But some landlords of retirement properties are lobbying to be made exempt from these new rules. This would deny retired homeowners the right to see exactly how their money is being spent and leave them vulnerable to unfair practices. People in retirement deserve the same transparency and protection as everyone else. Please sign the petition to urge the Minister to reject any exemptions and ensure the law protects all leaseholders equally.

Help more disabled people get more appropriate accommodation. The housing waiting list for a bungalow is very long and if you're a first time buyer there doesn't seem to be any help towards new build bungalows and when there is they are for over 55's.

  Gentrification is driving thousands of families, key workers, and minority communities out of their homes, eroding the fabric of our cities. We demand a new approach that puts people before profit, protects our diverse communities, and guarantees the right to remain for all.  

Right now, thousands of people seeking asylum in the UK are being housed in unsafe hotels and barges, cut off from communities and support. Some have faced serious harm - including abuse, racism, and even death. These are people fleeing war, violence, and persecution, but instead of safety, they’re met with isolation and fear. The Ministry of Justice is even currently preparing prisons in case of more far-right riots this summer, like we saw in August 2024. Hotels housing asylum seekers faced arson and violence last year, and remain vulnerable targets, yet there has been no update to evacuation or safety plans. In their 2024 manifesto, the Labour Party pledged to end the use of hotels and barges as housing. But since the election, hotel use has actually increased. Ultimately, the Government is spending millions on private contracts for accommodation that fails to meet even basic standards. This system doesn’t work - for people seeking asylum, for local communities, or for public funds. Why should you join us? Everyone deserves a safe place to call home. This campaign is about more than asylum - it’s about fairness, dignity, and the kind of society we want to live in. If we come together, we can demand a better system: one that houses people in our communities, invests in social housing, and treats everyone with respect. Add your name to call for change. Let’s build a future based on compassion, not contracts.

Unsuitable living conditions are not acceptable for anyone.

We need your help to ensure the Government LISTEN and take ACTION.  There is a great push to achieve Net Zero and clamp down on rogue landlords. Why are social housing tenants not given the same standard of regulations or quality of living as imposed on Private Rental Sector? There should be an EPC standard for all social  buildings and also individual tenanted and more teeth given to Housing Ombudsman as last year  only a total of £1.1m was awarded compensation due to maladministration in England. We know how important a warm and safe house is to everyone. The responsibility of being a landlords should be taken seriously no matter who you landlord is. Our Social Housing properties are in need of significant improvements and sadly those in social properties do not have a say on making these changes and also because of a lack of information about the energy performance of these properties are not able to make an informed decision to continue to live in them.

 Management companies and housing associations are ripping off residents by overcharging and not providing adequate services. Cambridge City Council pays the service charges to these companies for residents who receive housing benefit, but there is barely any scrutiny of whether these charges are legitimate.  Service Charge Justice Cambridge is aware of tens of developments in Cambridge where residents are paying overinflated, bogus or entirely unjustified charges, many of whom are recipients of Housing Benefit. Cambridge City Council is experiencing a £11.5 million 'budget gap', with vital public services facing being cut, all the while public money is being channelled directly into the bank accounts of management companies and housing associations whose residents say they are being overcharged and underserved.  It's vital that the Council investigates how much public money was allocated towards housing service charges for the financial year 2023/24, and supports Service Charge Justice’s campaign for better regulation of service charges.

This petition has been started by Keep Cornwall Carpeted, a campaign working with food banks and communities across Cornwall affected by the issue. When social housing tenants move into their home they are often instantly faced with the big cost of carpeting their homes which often leaves them without enough money to afford the essentials, go into debt and need support from food banks" It is time for a Cornwall-wide response to the outdated national Decent Home Standard policy, and to ensure that homes in our communities without carpets are a thing of the past. We believe that in 2025 no social housing properties in Cornwall should be let without sufficient carpets and floorcoverings in the home. We are calling on Councillor Olly Monk, as portfolio holder for Planning and Housing, to ensure that no social housing in Cornwall is let without flooring. We want the Councillor to work with Cornwall Housing and other registered providers of social housing in Cornwall to guarantee that properties will have sufficient carpets and floor coverings before a new tenant moves in.

Rocketing house prices mean that many households can no longer find affordable housing which has a hugely detrimental impact on their lives. In Bishopston for example, house prices are now over 8 times average household incomes. Asking rents also rose by 19.7% in Swansea county in 2022 and 11% in 2023 (one of the highest rises in the UK) whilst average wages only rose by 6.7% at their peak, making finding suitable housing harder and harder each year. This is a pattern being repeated in all areas of Wales and across the rest of the UK.  GCLT are launching plans for one of Wale’s first Community Land Trust, aiming to build 14 genuinely affordable, zero carbon homes in their area, using an innovative community-led self-build model. The community group wants to show that developments where residents, the local community and nature are at their heart, are good for communities, biodiversity and the planet. We hope this will become a replicable model for more sustainable, affordable and beautiful housing across Wales.  Alongside this we need to dramatically cut the amount of carbon produced by houses to move towards a carbon-neutral future. Currently this is not happening quickly enough, with almost all new housing still being built to very low performance standards, by big developers looking to maximise profits.  GCLT are proposing a new model of housing, where houses are designed & built by residents, prices are kept affordable in relation to local wages forever, and homes produce net zero carbon over their lifetime. New housing should not always be a  sacrifice, and by careful design, and prioritising quality over profit, new housing can improve areas, increase biodiversity, provide much needed affordable housing, and promote truly sustainable lifestyles.   Please sign this petition to show support for the project, and a new model of community-led housing in Wales

Currently, social housing providers don’t legally have to provide flooring in properties beyond bathrooms and kitchens, or any curtains. This means many tenants in Wiltshire move into properties that are empty, unfurnished, cold shells. Nationally, 29% of private rented properties are let as furnished or partly furnished compared to just 2% of social rented properties. National Citizens Advice data shows that people living in social housing are almost twice as likely to need to use a food bank as people living in privately rented housing, and a lack of furnishings is reported to contribute to this figure. The main impact of moving into a bare home includes the cost of buying flooring and curtains, which can push households into financial hardship and reduce their ability to pay rent and bills. If households are unable to spend the hundreds of pounds needed to make a property liveable, they might live with bare floors that are a safety hazard and create dust, and in a cold property with no privacy due to a lack of curtains. In every town in Wiltshire, there are cold and bare houses, some with cardboard for flooring and tarpaulin or sheets for curtains, because these basic items weren't provided. "It was very overwhelming having all of that to contend with. People moving into social housing are usually people with very limited resources, flooring especially is such a significant cost, going without is very difficult, especially with young children. I personally ended up in debt, which I'm still paying off, 3 years later, due to the amount of work that needed doing. I did not know that no flooring at all would be provided." - Quote from a Wiltshire tenant via our campaign survey. Bare homes affect mental and physical health, the wellbeing of children, and contribute to social isolation. Providing flooring and curtains before tenants move in is linked to reduced rent arrears, longer tenancies and a range of other benefits around finances, health and wellbeing.

In the early hours of 26th of August, residents of the Spectrum Building of Freshwater Road, Dagenham awoke to a fire tearing through our building. Over 80 of us were forced to evacuate our homes and we are lucky to be alive.  Fire alarms failed to go off, leaving us risking our own safety to wake up our neighbours. Fire escape routes were padlocked shut and the removal of cladding from the outside of our building had been delayed potentially worsening the disaster. The building is too unsafe for us to return to our homes or collect our belongings. Losing your home and all your belongings overnight is everyone's worst nightmare. But since losing our homes to the fire, we are living in constant insecurity. Join our call to Barking and Dagenham Council to demand security for tenants of the Spectrum Building Despite being temporarily housed in hotels and hostels, every week we are being made to pack up any belongings we have, check out of our rooms and wait to find out where we will be sleeping that night.  Alongside this, we are facing the threat of being forced into unaffordable accommodation outside of London, costing thousands of pounds we don't have, miles away from our work, schools, families and communities - at a time when we need them most.  This is a kick in the teeth after all we have been through. It means that at the start of every week we will not know where we will be sleeping that night. To those of us with young children and babies, we have to uproot them again and again and face uncertainty about our futures. We are being forced to miss work risking our employment and being put under ongoing stress and anxiety. We are families, workers, residents and members of the community and we have lost everything. We need a safe and secure place to call home while we get back on our feet.  Please help us by calling on Dagenham Council to stop these cruel and unnecessary practices and to make sure Spectrum Fire Residents have a safe place to call home.  Sign our petition now.