Property Petitions In Parliament For Landlords

The race is on to gather enough signatures for a petition calling for an increase in the personal income tax allowance to £20,000 to force a debate in Westminster.

The petition has reached more than 75,000 signatures in the past six months and is due to close on February 28 - less than a week away.

The petition urges the government to boost the personal income tax allowance from £12,570 to £20,000.

The Treasury has already responded to the campaign, explaining the government is committed to keeping taxes as 'low as possible' and confirming the personal allowance will not increase to £20,000.

The Treasury said: "The government currently has no plans to increase the personal allowance to £20,000. Increasing the personal allowance to £20,000 would come at a significant fiscal cost of more than £50 billion a year. This would reduce tax receipts substantially, decreasing funds available for hospitals, schools, and other essential public services that we all rely on."

Other popular petitions with more than a thousand signatures include calls to abolish ground rent on leasehold homes, to speed up the eviction process for tenants renting from private landlords, and to change the way landlords claim mortgage interest relief.

Parliament's open landlord and property petitions

Read on for links to open petitions before Parliament, highlighted for landlords, property professionals and renters:

Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000

75,546 signatures

Abolish Ground Rent for Existing Residential Leasehold Properties 14,565 signatures

Require faster eviction process, and improve protections for landlords in PRS 14,563 signatures

Allow mortgage interest to be deducted when calculating taxable rental income. 1,202 signatures

Ban family houses from being converted into Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMOs) 498 signatures

Give leaseholders a right to force a buy-back after serious mismanagement 344 signatures

Commit to not increasing taxes or imposing additional taxes on landlords 318 signatures

Require Property Management Companies to Publish Management Annual Accounts 177 signatures

Cap service charges & require publication of how they are calculated and spent 115 signatures

Ban Members of Parliament from being residential landlords 90 signatures

Reform tax rules so rental income is taxed on profit, not revenue 75 signatures

Stop the leasehold debt being passed on to new buyers 56 signatures

Implement a rent cap on private rents matching the LHA to reduce overcrowding 55 signatures

Require landlords to sell vacant properties to house homeless and refugees 45 signatures

New regulations mandatory landlord checks and invest in more social housing 42 signatures

Unfreeze LHA and uprate by rent cost increases each year 37 signatures

Legislate to allow landlords to sell properties directly to government 26 signatures

Introduce clear statutory rules and guidance on rent abatement 21 signatures

Stop Ltd companies offsetting loan interest or other expenses for rental income 20 signatures

Petitions collecting 10,000 signatures will receive a formal government-written response, while petitions gathering more than 100,000 signatures are considered for debate in Parliament.

Parliament keeps petitions open for six months.