This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition To provide the students who private rent accommodation to have the same rights
Allow students in contracts with private letting agents to cancel contracts early as they no longer have a need for the accomadation they are paying for and therefore being penalised for following government guidance
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Privately rented students are placed at a disadvantage for renting directly with private landlords. Whereas, university students who dwell in university accommodation do not pay rent. The same rights should be applicable to the privately rented students. The global catastrophe applies directly to all students and it is absurd that private rented accommodation do not have the same rights.
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 or ending a tenancy early 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
Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256
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www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
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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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