{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/63073.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":63073,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Reduce Right to Buy Discount","background":null,"additional_details":"It is grossly unfair on all those who buy modest houses immediately and have to take out 95% mortgages, that others who have been lucky can have a superior financial position a number of years later.\r\n\r\nHow can it be right if someone for example has a £100k house, with a £95k mortgage, who after five years on current rates may have paid off £5-6k, be in a worse position after 5 years compared to someone lucky enough to get to play the system\r\n\r\nIf you get a council house, after 5 years you will get a 35% discount.  So the same house could of been bought for £65k\r\n\r\nMaking the person who was lucky enough to have a council house be in a position where they have equity of £35k.... compared to the mortgage payer of £7k\r\n\r\nWho probably in that time has spent more in mortgage payments compared to the council tenant & probably spent money on renovations etc, that the council tenant had paid!\r\n\r\nTherefore, any discount should be massively reduced, and only be done at 1% per annum!","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":3,"created_at":"2014-03-27T22:35:22.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:51.756Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-02T13:10:21.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-27T22:35:22.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}