Petition · past parliament

Keep the right to lifetime tenancy for council house tenants

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

The Daily Mirror has launched a Save Our Council Homes campaign to try to stop the Tory attack on council tenants.

We are strongly opposed to the Government's plan to end lifetime tenancies for people living in council housing.
The plans were unveiled by the Tory Government without warning at a little-attended House of Commons committee.

All new tenants will be given short-term leases of between two and five years and then face a reassessment that could see them booted out of their homes.

This will have a disastrous impact on communities across the country.

We urge them to think again and restore this long-held right for council tenants immediately.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

12 Dec 2015 Petition opened for signatures
14 Dec 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Dec 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.