Petition · past parliament
Implement the 10 recommendations of the APPG Inquiry Into Quality of New Homes.
Closed
869 signatures
What the petition asks
The poor quality of new homes is not new. (NHBC, Barker Review of 2004, Office of Fair Trading Market Study of Home Building in the UK October 2008, and more recently the APPG Inquiry 2016) Yet surprisingly, there has not been any legislation to force this industry to improve.
Around 93% of new home buyers (at least 100,000 a year) report problems to their housebuilder. Defects that could and should have been prevented. The APPG Report is quite clear, the industry needs to be forced to improve both the quality of new homes and the indifferent service suffered by those buying new homes.
As a minimum, the government must implement the APPG Inquiry's “Key Recommendation” - the setting up of a New Homes Ombudsman by the DCLG within 3 months.
As a minimum, the government must implement the APPG Inquiry's “Key Recommendation” - the setting up of a New Homes Ombudsman by the DCLG within 3 months.
Timeline
| 22 Sep 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Mar 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
869
Status
Closed
Opened
22 Sep 2016
Closed
22 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.