Petition · past parliament

Rent paid back or rebated to students paying for private accommodation.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Private accommodations such as Unite Students need to reduce rent by offering rebates or returning the money due to students being unable to stay in December or return because of the 2021 lockdown until mid-February due to the ongoing pandemic.
University owned accommodations across the country have reduced rent by offering rebates in December when students were forced to return home due to the ongoing pandemic or are returning the money at the end of the year due to students being unable to return because of the 2021 lockdown until mid-February. All students should be treat the same, and be offered the same refunds or rebates.

Many students have also had no access to communal areas that they have paid for, like common rooms or gyms.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

5 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
6 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jan 2021

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