Submitted on Saturday 4th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 9th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Coronavirus and Housing: Protect tenants and homes
Facing this viral pandemic, Government must act urgently to ensure no one is homeless, and that no-one loses their home due to the virus.
Therefore we must have urgent action to:
• Immediately open up hotels and other empty buildings to house all the homeless
• Ensure no evictions or repossession action during this crisis: suspend rent and mortgage liability for anyone whose income is cut due to the virus
• Scrap the five-week wait for Universal Credit/housing benefit and suspend all benefit sanctions
And as millions are living in overcrowded, unsuitable and unaffordable homes, we need immediate action with grant funding to:
• Build 100,000 council homes a year at social rent with secure tenancies.
We stand united - we won't blame each other, we need action by Government now.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
A number of requests in your petition are not the Government's responsibility.
Suspending payments for rent and mortgages are a matter for individual lenders and mortgage providers, not the Government or House of Commons. The Government is also not responsible for hotels or other private accommodation.
Also, the Government has instructed local authorities to urgently procure accommodation for people on the streets if they have not already done so, and have said they will support local authorities to do so if they are struggling to procure sufficient units: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/876466/Letter_from_Minister_Hall_to_Local_Authorities.pdf
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Give protection to renters during Corvid-19 Crisis. Ban evictions for one year: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304682
Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256
Pay Universal Credit from Day One: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305875
You could start new petitions requesting that repossessions be banned during the outbreak, and the Government increases funding for the constructions of new homes.
We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to provide financial support to individuals and businesses during the pandemic, which you might like to sign. You can view all open petitions relating to coronavirus here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=covid-19
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 find 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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