Rejected petition Allow students to have their remaining accommodation payments waived in COVID-19

Like many of you, I have returned back to my family home during this COVID-19 pandemic due to my university being shutdown & no face-to-face lectures taking place.
We would like the government to waive the fees of students’ remaining payments to student accommodation short-hold tenancy agreements.

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We are now still liable to pay for the accommodation we are not using. For me this is just over £2000 of my maintenance loan that is being wasted for 1 terms rent.

By signing this petition you will be supporting students all across the UK who are no longer living at university and have returned to their home-towns during this COVID-19 pandemic.

It is our understanding that there is no way out of these tenancy agreements, but this could change if the government agree.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304855

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Date submitted 21 March 2020
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