mkz Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/3882 Everyone sign it, please! Oh, and send it to your friends and family to sign too. Edited August 15, 2011 by mkz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelyhead Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/3882 Everyone sign it, please! Signed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Sorry, I couldn't sign. 'cancel right to buy'! No way! With rents rising at 7% per year I need to escape at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 A "plant two trees for every one chopped down" version would get my vote. (until the housing waiting list is virtually nothing anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/3882 Everyone sign it, please! Oh, and send it to your friends and family to sign too. Restrict, tax, ban. There's no way I can possibly sign that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Sorry, I couldn't sign. 'cancel right to buy'! No way! With rents rising at 7% per year I need to escape at some point. ..it's still going on..?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 ..it's still going on..?.... ..what is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 ..what is? ..right to buy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkz Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 ..right to buy... http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/BuyingAndSellingYourHome/HomeBuyingSchemes/DG_4001398 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/BuyingAndSellingYourHome/HomeBuyingSchemes/DG_4001398 ....ridiculous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bricor mortis Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 ..right to buy... Well yes of course, it's just that the numbers being sold are really small, I estimate that our LA will sell fewer than 10 per year. Something to do with high house prices I believe! Currently I'm in a position to buy mortgage free, hopefully should the law be changed I'd have a chance to buy as these things would take months at least.(see Scotland....no RTB after 2020!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEO72 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Done, although imo you'd be better sticking to just one or two issue - the more you include, the more chance there is of someone not agreeing with one (if that makes sense). Have added a link for your petition on the Homebuyers' strike facebook group too. I would suggest you keep it bumped here and mention it in as many reader's comments sections as possible to get the votes up. You may also want to mention it here too: 38 degrees They have a facebook page with a fair few members too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.hpc Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Currently I'm in a position to buy mortgage free Don't feel guilty though, whatever you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vested Disinterest Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 signed, and will tweet/fb/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democorruptcy Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/3882 Everyone sign it, please! Oh, and send it to your friends and family to sign too. "Allow a mortgagor to surrender the property to the lender and default on the loan, with no legal recourse for the remaining debt;" Total debt forgiveness? Won't that make people do anything they can to borrow more money without a care in the world and so push prices up? Who do you think pays for the debt when people walk away from it fairies? It's us! I would prefer to see public floggings if people cannot afford the debt - then they would be less likely to take on more than they might be able to pay back. It's loose lending by banks and people lying about their incomes that has got us where we are now. If you hadn't put debt forgiveness and instead put specific LTV and salary multiples (banning joint income mortgage multiples) I could have signed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Don't feel guilty though, whatever you do Don't worry I won't! The government will no longer have to 'subsidise' my rent and will have 100k + to build a new CH and thereby keep people in work! I won't even bother the bankers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkz Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 All you people who won't sign it because you disagree with one or more of my suggested actions, where were your comments to http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=167474? Why don't you sign it anyway? It's the headline "Make housing cheaper" that really matters, not my suggested actions. We just want to trigger the debate in parliament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 "Allow a mortgagor to surrender the property to the lender and default on the loan, with no legal recourse for the remaining debt;" Total debt forgiveness? Won't that make people do anything they can to borrow more money without a care in the world and so push prices up? Who do you think pays for the debt when people walk away from it fairies? It's us! I would prefer to see public floggings if people cannot afford the debt - then they would be less likely to take on more than they might be able to pay back. It's loose lending by banks and people lying about their incomes that has got us where we are now. If you hadn't put debt forgiveness and instead put specific LTV and salary multiples (banning joint income mortgage multiples) I could have signed it. While I sympathise with that those who were lending too much, quite happy to wreck society to make themselves richer, need to suffer too. The borrowers were greedy, simple fools, but those who deliberately engineered the situation rather than simply going along with it are guilty of malice, not wilful stupidity, and that's far worse IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democorruptcy Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 All you people who won't sign it because you disagree with one or more of my suggested actions, where were your comments to http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=167474? Why don't you sign it anyway? It's the headline "Make housing cheaper" that really matters, not my suggested actions. We just want to trigger the debate in parliament. Where was total debt forgiveness in that thread? Anyway at least you made an effort and total debt forgiveness could never happen in the UK, our banking masters wouldn't allow it, so I'll sign it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkz Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 Where was total debt forgiveness in that thread? "Jingle-mail" as suggested by Quicken in #14. Anyway at least you made an effort and total debt forgiveness could never happen in the UK, our banking masters wouldn't allow it, so I'll sign it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democorruptcy Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Banning shared equity was mentioned in the original thread but is missing from the petition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Personally, I think anyone who agrees with 90% of this should sign it. Here's a HPCer who has taken action to try and get something done. They haven't just started a thread about something, they're trying to get this discussed at the highest levels. If we can't unite around the bigger picture here then we're effectively saying that we'd rather just discuss these issues rather than see them changed. It's as simpe as that. There's no chance that everything being suggested is going to be implemented. An opportunity to even have these issues raised in Parliament is incredible nevertheless. It would be very sad to see this initiative shot down in flames by those that ultimately support the goal of affordable housing. The alternative is that everyone writes and submits their own proposals. 100,000 different versions get submitted which gather one vote each. The opportunity is wasted and the outcome is a big fat nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 All you people who won't sign it because you disagree with one or more of my suggested actions, where were your comments to http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index. Sorry, I didn't see that. Maybe I need to spend more time on this site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkz Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 Banning shared equity was mentioned in the original thread but is missing from the petition. True. Apologies. Having said that, there was a 1000-character limit, and my text is 993 characters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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