Rejected petition Freeze rent and accommodation fees for students

The government must advise universities to freeze accommodation fee for their students. Students who are renting privately must also be allowed this.

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Students return to university and to rent accommodation after government assurances that it was safe to do so. The current lockdown has left many students jobless and in a dire economic situation. Consequently, many students are now trapped in these leases with no means to pay the rent for the foreseeable future. The government has a responsibility to protect the financial and emotional well-being of the students that are suffering as a result of their catastrophic policies.

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.

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

Enable all students to end university tenancy agreements early due to Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/553285

Implement support for university students during Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/554299

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

Date submitted 20 October 2020
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