Let X be a contractible metric space and G a topological group acting transitively on X (i.e. given any two points x,y \in X, there exists g \in G such that gx=y).
My question is the following: is it true that given any x \in X its stabilizer Stab(x)={ g \in G : gx=x } and the whole group G have the same homotopy type?
If the answer is "no", I'd like to know some "mild" hypothesis that could be add to have an affirmative response.
For instance, I know that whenever G is a Lie group and H < G is a closed subgroup such that G/H is contractible, then G and H are homotopically equivalent (in this case H can be seen as the stabilizer of the coset H under the natural G-action on G/H). However, to assume that G is a Lie group seems to be too restrictive. In fact, I'd like to apply this "result" to some groups which are not locally compact.