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Place a cap on rent prices

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

There needs to be a cap on rent prices in East Sussex and surrounding areas, if this was in place this would actually save the government millions of pounds because people would not need to claim housing benefit/universal credit etc if they would actually afford to live and rent!
Please please please, people are stugglibg to afford and getting into debt which is probably up there in one the biggest issues for mental health. Families are struggling that work as much as physically possible without being missing from there children’s lives! This is a massive issue and needs to seriously be looked at!

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about the cost of rental properties in East Sussex and surrounding areas, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. It's not clear what areas you want to be covered by a rent cap, or exactly how this would work.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

16 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Mar 2021

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