Submitted on Monday 4th May 2020
Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Release students from accommodation contracts if they moved out due to COVID-19.
Students are expected to continue with accommodation rent payments despite having to return home. Upon signing our contracts with student accommodation we were unaware of the current circumstances. It is categorically unfair and greedy to charge us for rent while universities are closed.
Students use student accommodation for living within a convenient distance from their university, but what do they have to say for themselves when all of the universities have been closed?
Contract or not, student accommodation companies must realise that their cancellation policies DO NOT cover scenarios such as the unforeseen pandemic. We want the government to enact a COVID-19 break clause on all student accommodations.
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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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