This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Unemployed Students Left Paying Rent for Private Landlords
Contrary to popular belief, financial assist for students is a rare commodity. Most students have lost jobs, don't receive finance and cant rely on family. Yet landlords are still expecting rent and have a legal right to take students to the small claims court over unpaid rent in a Pandemic.
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Early Termination of individual contracts with no fees backdated to the day of the Lockdown announcement.
Rent freeze for students still remaining in their accommodation but cant pay.
Financial assistance for students out of employment with no access to finance.
Students are being penalised by following Government advice. They are under a lot of emotional stress due to new regulations affecting their degree and graduations, but the government has done nothing to support students in anyway.
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
Refund third term rent for students in private accommodation: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319510
Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256
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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