Petition · past parliament
Make victimizing someone because they are homeless a hate crime.
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
Homeless people are being victimised because of who they are, yet because it’s not about their religion, the colour of their skin or their sexuality etc... these vile incidents are not counted as hate crimes.
The justification for treating some crimes as hate crimes is to identify that being motivated by hatred because someone belongs to a class of individuals different from oneself makes the assailant more culpable and deserving of greater punishment. Although the detection, and therefore prosecution, rate is low and the deterrence effect arguably nil the message that a society sends by uniting in the face of hatred and standing with our brothers, sisters and non-binary siblings is powerful.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 12 Mar 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 18 Mar 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
18 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.