Petition · past parliament
Stop providers of Buy to Let mortgages discriminating against benefits claimants
Closed
73 signatures
What the petition asks
The housing crisis in the UK is being exacerbated by the main lenders for Buy to Let mortgages, including TSB, Santander, Virgin and NatWest, stating that landlords must not let their properties to housing benefit claimants. We call on the government to make this discriminatory practice illegal.
More than 120,000 children are living in temporary homes according to the public accounts committee (01/05/2017 The Times)
The number of tenants in the private sector receiving state help has risen by 50 per cent to almost 1.5 million since the financial crisis as wages stagnate and rents rise (01/05/2017
The combination of economic pressures means more and more vulnerable tenants are being pushed out of the private rented sector (Sean Tompkins, Chief Executive of Rics bbc.co.uk 09/07/2017)
The number of tenants in the private sector receiving state help has risen by 50 per cent to almost 1.5 million since the financial crisis as wages stagnate and rents rise (01/05/2017
The combination of economic pressures means more and more vulnerable tenants are being pushed out of the private rented sector (Sean Tompkins, Chief Executive of Rics bbc.co.uk 09/07/2017)
Timeline
| 3 Apr 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Oct 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
73
Status
Closed
Opened
3 Apr 2018
Closed
3 Oct 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.