Housing policies support in the UK 2015

The statistic shows the support for potential housing policies among adults in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2015. The most popular policy was a requirement for developers to market homes within the UK, before marketing them overseas, with 80 percent of respondents supporting it. The second most popular housing policy (70 percent support) was charging of the higher council tax rates on homes not occupied all year round.

Public support for new housing policies in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2015

Characteristic	Strongly / Tend to support	Nether support / oppose	Tend to / Strongly oppose	Don't know
Require homes to be marked in the UK first	80%	13%	3%	4%
Higher council tax for homes left empty	70%	14%	13%	4%
Add council tax ban on homes over £2 million	68%	15%	11%	5%
Extend Help to Buy 5% deposit mortgages to 2020	65%	20%	8%	7%
Starter Homes Scheme	61%	20%	15%	4%
Annual property tax on homes over £2 million	60%	17%	18%	5%
Raise threshold of 40% inheritance tax	51%	22%	21%	7%
Build more new towns and Garden Cities	50%	26%	18%	5%
End ''Right to Buy''	42%	18%	36%	5%
Build on Green Belt (with little environmental or amenity value)	27%	13%	56%	4%

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Release date

March 2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2015

Number of respondents

2,184 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The Homeowner Survey 2015 was carried out by Home Owners Alliance, together with BLP Insurance and in cooperation with myhomemove.com.
The source does not provide any information regarding missing or exceeding percentage points to (over) 100 percent.

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