Allow university tenants to end their tenancy contracts early due to COVID-19

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Appeal to government to allow individual university students to terminate their individual tenancies for accommodation that has been rented for the purpose of their studies.
For rent payments to be ceased/cancelled/refunded in accordance with when the new end of tenancy is agreed.

COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many students moving out of their student accommodation, but they are still bound to pay often thousands of pounds of rent for unoccupied accommodations.

Many students have been strongly recommended to return home by their universities.
Many universities are continuing teaching online.
Many universities exams are to be done remotely.
We would also like consideration of financial support for landlords who would be affected by these tenancy changes.

Why it was rejected

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

Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus

Timeline

19 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
27 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Mar 2020

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