This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Suspending payments for rent for council housing is a matter for individual local authorities, and not the UK Government or Parliament.

If you are having trouble paying your rent, you should contact your local authority to discuss this.

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

Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256

Implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302284

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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/