PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk

Stop Big Corporate Landlords from Dominating the Private Rental Market

The government should place protections on the UK private residential property market to prevent large corporations from buying property and starting build-to-let schemes. We need to prevent a future where big business price fix the rental market for UK families and send their profits overseas.

Last fetched 18 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk

Signatures

signatures

Government response threshold (10,000) · 7/10,000

Debate threshold (100,000) · 7/100,000

Petition progress2 events · Jul – Aug 2025

13 AUG 2025
Petition rejected
no-action
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. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. If you would to ban corporate landlords from the private rental sector or put a cap on the number of properties corporate landlords can manage then you could start a petition about that
18 JUL 2025
Petition created

Background

Big businesses (including foreign multinationals) have been buying large quantities of UK residential property. Lloyds Banking Group alone aims to become one of the biggest private landlords, with a target of buying 50,000 homes in the next 10 years.

Unless action is taken now, these corporations will own a substantial share of the housing market, forcing the public to rent for life. Corporations will be able to price the public out of ownership and could have full control on rental prices.