{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/782660.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":782660,"attributes":{"action":"Regulate estate management companies","background":"We call on the Government to introduce legislation to properly regulate private estate management companies responsible for maintaining communal areas and services on residential housing developments.","additional_details":"Thousands of homeowners across England are required to pay estate management charges for services such as landscaping, maintenance of communal areas, roads, lighting, drainage, play areas, ecological management and other shared infrastructure. However, homeowners can have limited control over how these charges are calculated, how contracts are awarded and how their money is spent.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2026-09-22T19:26:13.224Z","updated_at":"2026-10-15T15:17:33.592Z","rejected_at":"2026-10-15T15:17:31.854Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-09-22T19:30:40.000Z","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,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"We have a petition open which appears to ask for the same thing that you are requesting in your petition.  You may wish to sign this petition:\r\n\r\nReview service charge transparency laws and measures to enforce them\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/771961"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}