Petition · past parliament

Freeze mortgage/rent for at least 2 months&close businesses for 14 days COVID19

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Government to freeze all mortgage and rent payments for at least 2 months. All UK businesses other than necessary to close for at least 14 days in order to help prevent spread of coronavirus
In order to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus and in turn, thousands of people from becoming ill and potentially dying.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same actions:

Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown
Businesses to work from home for an appropriate amount of time amidst COVID19

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Timeline

15 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
24 Mar 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 24 Mar 2020

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