Submitted on Thursday 7th January 2021
Rejected on Thursday 14th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Support university students who are renting private accommodation
During the pandemic, particularly in the last week, students were told they should avoid travelling back to their universities, whilst still paying full price for their rent. We want the Government to assist privately renting students, whether that be financially or legislatively.
Students feel that they have been largely ignored throughout the pandemic. Private landlords are still entitled to charge full price for rent, despite the universities telling students not to travel back until late April - which means, if Christmas is included, students will have paid for 5 months rent despite not being allowed to move back. Students feel that this is exploitative, and being unfairly charged for circumstances out of their control.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Enable all students to end university tenancy agreements early due to Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/553285
Reimburse student rents for all accommodation not used during this academic year: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/560735
Implement support for university students during Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/554299
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