Submitted on Monday 21st June 2021
Rejected on Monday 28th June 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Abolish Section 21 and prevent more children being made homeless
A Section 21 has been recognised as an unfair/unlawful eviction, why does there even need to be a petition?
It is costing the Government too much money to rehouse the homeless and it is devastating the mental health of young children as well as their parents.
I write on behalf of thousands, if not millions of families.
Parliament are the only people with the power to truly protect tenants and the children who may live with them. We do not want to say that we live in a country that allows children to be thrown out onto the street because their parents are being evicted for no reason. There has to be at least a valid reason, arrears or anti social behaviour, not just because the landlord wants to sell or make repairs.
Please, don't let this be the reputation of our country.
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:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about homelessness, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Your petition refers to Section 21, and assume this is referring to the Housing Act 1988, but your petition goes on to say this has been recognised as an unfair/unlawful eviction, and it's not clear what you mean by this.
Section 21 of the Housing Act enables landlords to evict a tenant after the fixed term of a tenancy, or during a tenancy with no fixed end date. You can find out more about this here: www.gov.uk/evicting-tenants/section-21-and-section-8-notices
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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