Submitted by Amy Norbury on Thursday 26th February 2026
Published on Thursday 9th April 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Friday 9th October 2026
Current Signatures: 18
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
Best Interests ~ Capacity ~ Courts ~ Debt ~ delayed ~ Deputy ~ End ~ Ensure ~ Healthcare ~ Homes ~ Lack ~ Law ~ month ~ Nurses ~ Occupy ~ paying ~ Personality ~ Prevent ~ property ~ Protecting ~ Rents ~ risk ~ Safeguarding ~ Social Workers ~ The Law ~ vulnerability
Allow qualified professionals to end a tenancy for adults who lack capacity
Adults who lack capacity can't end a tenancy, & Court of Protection delays mean they may owe rent on homes they no longer live in. The law might not protect them from avoidable debt. Allow healthcare or social workers to end a tenancy when in a person’s best interests & no attorney or deputy exists.
Under current law, if an adult who lacks capacity needs to move into residential or nursing care and has no attorney or deputy, their tenancy can only be ended through the Court of Protection. This can take many months, leaving vulnerable adults paying rent for a property they no longer occupy and at risk of significant arrears. Allowing qualified professionals to act in a person’s best interests would prevent avoidable debt and ensure timely, safeguarding focused decisions.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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