Petition · past parliament

Make Landlords, who say ''no DSS'' into a criminal offense. Under discrimination

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Too many landlords and letting agents can discriminate disabled people by not allowing them to privately rent rooms or houses. Make this illegal. It is clear discrimination under the Equalities Act.

Homelessness is rising, and will only get worse. Stop money grabbing landlords who discriminate.
Indirect discrimination, in reference to disability, is defined in the Equalities Act 2010, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

These laws show that the acts performed by landlords and letting agents are pure discrimination based on ones source of income, because of disability

As a third of the non-disabled workforce aren’t on benefits, it is therefore easy to show that yes, disabled people are more likely to be on benefits than non-disabled people. the phrase ‘No DSS’ is illegal.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

9 May 2016 Petition opened for signatures
10 May 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 10 May 2016

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