Submitted on Wednesday 1st April 2020
Rejected on Friday 22nd May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Excuse UK university students from their last rent payment for accommodations
We want the Government to enforce that students will be exempted from paying student their last rent instalments due to Covid-19.
Due to Covid-19, universities have been cancelled and most students have been advised to go home during these uncertain times. However, private student accommodations companies like CRM Students and their landlords still expect students to pay even though they have left. Many students have part time jobs to pay part of their rent and due to the Coronavirus they are unable to work making this very hard to pay. Some accommodations have already pardoned students but others haven't.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Suspending payments for rent 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: dfemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/04/09/university-students-covid19-faq/
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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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