Submitted on Friday 1st May 2020
Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Reduce The Rent by 20% On Student Accommodation During The Covid-19 Outbreak
For the past 6 weeks the UK has been on lockdown. Students across the country have travelled home to isolate with their families after universities closed, leaving their student accommodation empty. As Universities announce they may not open until October, it means many students will not return.
Many students, including myself rely on casual work, part time jobs and support from parents to pay for rent. As many parents and students have been furloughed, those earning under £2,500 per month have had their wage reduced by 20%. Although some companies including Student IQ accommodation and Unite have cancelled contracts for students or reduced the rent. Too many are ignoring emails or declining student requests for help. As a student company these landlords should have a responsibility.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Suspending or reducing 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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