Make Housing Fair: Reform Unjust Bidding and Banding Policies for People in Need

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. The Housing Act 1996 governs the allocation of local authority housing stock in England. Local authorities must have an allocation scheme for determining priorities between applicants for housing which sets out the procedure to be followed when allocating housing accommodation. Local authorities set their own rules on banding and how housing is allocated, not the Government or Parliament. However, relating to this petition, local authorities are already required to give priority (reasonable preference) to: people who are homeless; people occupying insanitary or overcrowded housing or otherwise living in unsatisfactory housing condition; people who need to move on medical or welfare grounds (including any grounds relating to a disability); people who need to move to a particular locality in the district of the authority, where failure to meet that need would cause hardship (to themselves or to others) More information on housing allocation can be found here: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06397/SN06397.pdf You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.