{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/602264.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":602264,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Stop foreign ownership of freehold residential property in UK.","background":"1. Stop foreign ownership of freehold residential property in UK. No domicile, no ownership.\r\n2. Stop ownership of more than one residential property in UK, i.e. second homes.","additional_details":"Speculators, both domestic and foreign, are the cause of the housing crisis in the UK. There's no shortage of houses, they are simply stock piled by investors as a long term investments, often kept empty.\r\n\r\nIf people want to speculate on property there are many options Inc retail, commercial, industrial, hospitality etc. \r\n\r\nIt's wrong that young people can't buy a house because someone else has two.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2021-12-01T10:45:14.549Z","updated_at":"2021-12-07T08:36:59.470Z","rejected_at":"2021-12-07T08:36:58.113Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-12-01T21:33:38.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.\r\n\r\nThe Government is not responsible for how many properties a person owns. It is up to homeowners to decide who to sell their home to."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}