Rejected petition Freeze all councils and housing associations rents for 3 months

Rejected on 31 March 2020

To freeze council and housing rents for 3 months

What are Council’s and housing associations doing to help / support us in this outbreak of Covid-19? but what are efdc doing for us to support our rents. Thousands of people are in stress of not knowing how or when they can pay there rent while being laid off, schools closing falling ill or self isolating - this crisis also leads to us over bulk buying expenditures with money we don’t have falling deeper into debt. We need all councils / housing associations to freeze rents for 3 months to give us time and support to help with this very stressful and worrying times

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Suspending payments for rent, council tax, mortgages and utilities is a matter for individual landlords, councils, mortgage providers and utility providers, and not the UK Government or Parliament.

If you want the Government to encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown, you may wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256

If you want the Government to require councils to suspend council tax payments during the coronavirus outbreak, you may wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303274

If you want the Government to implement Universal Basic Income to give home and food security during the coronavirus outbreak, you may also wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302284

You can find out about asking for a mortgage holiday from lenders here: https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/mortgages-coronavirus-consumers

You can find out about what Government support is available for people as a result of coronavirus (under the section on employment and financial support) here: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.