Petition · past parliament

Cancel Accommodation fees for Private Hall University students due to COVID19

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Cancel the third instalment of rent for students who have moved out of private halls accommodation and have gone back home early, as a result of COVID-19 and Lockdown.
Students in private halls are being trapped in their contacts with the private halls companies and being told they’re still expected to pay the third rent instalment. University owned halls are letting their residents out of the payment, as long as they have moved out before April 10th. So why are private halls not doing the same?
These students didn’t ask for a global pandemic, forcing many of them to go home. Yet they’re still being told they have to pay for accommodation they’re not using.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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