Submitted on Wednesday 21st July 2021
Rejected on Friday 23rd July 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Make it illegal for housing to be offered to illegal immigrants.
We want the government to create a specific legal offense which would prohibit private landlords, housing associations, councils and all housing-stock managers from offering housing to illegal immigrants.
The UK has a reputation for offering free/cheap housing to illegal immigrants even if they break the law by using illegal means to enter the country.
Indeed it seems that councils in particular are happy to home illegal immigrants.
This serves as an enormous incentive for illegal immigrants to break-into the UK.
Therefore, parliament should make a specific punishable legal offense for property owners & property managers & councils to offer housing to illegal immigrants.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
It is already illegal to rent property to someone who is not legally entitled to be in the UK
www.gov.uk/penalties-illegal-renting
People who have entered the country illegally are also not entitled to, and do not get, benefits from the UK’s welfare system.
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