Petition · past parliament
Extend the Help to Buy. Protect deposits for those over the new house cap.
Closed
1,797 signatures
What the petition asks
Call for government to extend the original help to buy scheme.
Protect deposits already paid which could be lost if the house is not signed off by the BSA before the 31st December 2020.
Honour the homeowners who are already accepted on to the scheme.
Protect those that are over the new cap.
Protect deposits already paid which could be lost if the house is not signed off by the BSA before the 31st December 2020.
Honour the homeowners who are already accepted on to the scheme.
Protect those that are over the new cap.
Home buyers that do not qualify for the new cap risk losing their already paid deposits or reserved plots.
Stop penalising the buyers with the same set of circumstances the government are using as excuses to not extend, protect or help.
Stop penalising the buyers with the same set of circumstances the government are using as excuses to not extend, protect or help.
Timeline
| 21 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,797
Status
Closed
Opened
21 Jul 2020
Closed
21 Jan 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.