Submitted on Tuesday 7th April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Give University Students the option to end rent contracts early due to Covid-19
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many university students are being forced to pay for rent at term-time addresses they are not living at. The government needs to obligate landlords to provide all student tenants with the option to end their tenancies immediately, including fixed contracts.
1. If forced to end tenancies, Landlords would be able to claim loss of income through government schemes, and so would be supported financially.
2. The majority of students have traveled home to their primary address to be with their families in this difficult time, with many international students returning to other countries. With restrictions on travel, we cannot access our term-time housing.
3. Many students have lost their income due to zero-hour contracts in bar work/waiting/hospitality.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Suspending payments for rent or ending a tenancy early 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/
You might like to sign these petitions, which call for similar actions:
Enable private tenants early release from tenancy agreements due to Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312609
Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304855
Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown: 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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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