Submitted on Friday 27th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 12th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
COVID-19: More protection for renters!
In order to protect tenants from eviction and debt during the COVID-19 outbreak we call on the government for:
-An immediate and permanent end to Section 21
-A rent waiver for the duration of the crisis via an amendment to Section 8
-Extend tenancy contracts due to COVID-19 crisis.
The are 20 million people renting in Britain.
It’s good news that the government has announced a ban on evictions. But the government hasn’t taken any action to suspend rent payments. While landlords are being given a mortgage holiday, huge numbers of renters who are losing their incomes will soon be clocking up huge amounts of debt in rent arrears.
Once the crisis is over, there can be no doubt that renters will be evicted because of rent arrears accrued due to COVID-19 crisis. There will be an arrears and eviction boom at the end of the emergency period and this is because Section 21 is still in place.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government can change the terms under which landlords can evict tenants, but the payment of rent is a contractual matter between tenants and landlords, as is the length of tenancy agreements.
We have published a petition calling on the Government to ban evictions for one year, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304682
We have also published a petition calling on the Government to encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown, which you also might like to sign: 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
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: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: 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: 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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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