Petition · past parliament

Use Empty Taxpayer funded accomodatiom to house homeless families over Christmas

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

With Parliament being closed for several weeks over Christmas, open up MP's uninhabited London accommodation to homeless families and encourage every MP to provide Christmas lunch for the new occupants
According to Shelter 80,000 children will be homeless this Christmas, let's use taxpayer funded accommodation to provid temporary respite care

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This would be a decision for individual MPs to take, not for Parliament as a whole.

Timeline

13 Nov 2015 Petition opened for signatures
16 Nov 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Nov 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.