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)
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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YouGov, & HomeOwners Alliance. (March 30, 2015). Public support for new housing policies in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/428781/uk-property-market-policies-support/
YouGov, und HomeOwners Alliance. "Public support for new housing policies in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2015." Chart. March 30, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/428781/uk-property-market-policies-support/
YouGov, HomeOwners Alliance. (2015). Public support for new housing policies in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/428781/uk-property-market-policies-support/
YouGov, and HomeOwners Alliance. "Public Support for New Housing Policies in The United Kingdom (Uk) as of 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/428781/uk-property-market-policies-support/
YouGov & HomeOwners Alliance, Public support for new housing policies in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/428781/uk-property-market-policies-support/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Public support for new housing policies in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2015 [Graph], YouGov, & HomeOwners Alliance, March 30, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/428781/uk-property-market-policies-support/
