To open empty/disused shops/buildings for the homeless to sleep.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

In every town in the country there are lots of empty or boarded up shops and buildings, there are also lots of homeless people who have nowhere to go.
Let's open these buildings to allow the homeless to sleep inside them rather than on the cold, wet unsafe streets.

Having worked in my local town centre and now when i visit it and see so many shops standing empty and homeless people trying to keep warm and dry in the doorways of these buildings why not open them on an evening and allow the homeless to go inside and sleep?

Why it was rejected

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

We can't accept your petition because this would the responsibility of your local council, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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Timeline

12 Jun 2019	Petition opened for signatures
9 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Jul 2019

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