This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Excuse UK university students from their last rent payment for accommodations
We want the Government to enforce that students will be exempted from paying student their last rent instalments due to Covid-19.
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Due to Covid-19, universities have been cancelled and most students have been advised to go home during these uncertain times. However, private student accommodations companies like CRM Students and their landlords still expect students to pay even though they have left. Many students have part time jobs to pay part of their rent and due to the Coronavirus they are unable to work making this very hard to pay. Some accommodations have already pardoned students but others haven't.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Suspending payments for rent is a matter for individual landlords, and not the UK Government or Parliament.
The Government has published an FAQ for university students on Covid-19, which includes advice on accommodation costs: https://dfemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/04/09/university-students-covid19-faq/
You might like to sign these petitions, which call for similar actions:
Enable private tenants early release from tenancy agreements due to Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312609
Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304855
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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