Rejected petition I want you to allow people in council flats to be aloud pets with in reason

I would like you to scrap section 5.11 animals as it’s not fair and it’s not right people in flats can look after a animal just as well if not better than someone with a garden it’s discrimination! And as probably half the uk suffer with mental health and loneliness studys show having a pet helps

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Having a pet gives people a purpose and a routine and significantly reduces suicide and gets people out and active in the community pets can reduce anxiety and stress pets are a key tool for people with mental health and as long as people take care of them accordingly then anybody should be aloud one! No more discrimination

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

There is no national law against social housing tenants having pets. This would be a matter for individual local authorities.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Prevent discrimination of tenants or potential tenants with pets: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315909

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

Date submitted 29 July 2020
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