Submitted on Friday 3rd April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop private accommodations such as homes for students charging rent
Advise/stop private student accommodations from charging term three rent when students have had to return home and cannot return back to the accommodation through the lockdown.
Many students have not got the financial stability to be able to pay rent when them and their parents are now out of work. They are expecting us to use our student loan to pay for this but we need this loan to pay for other necessities such as food as this is what it is intended for and there is limited income in our houses.
Other accommodations such as university owned have waived the term 3 rent immediately, private accommodations should have the same stance.
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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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