Petition · past parliament
Ensure households housing refugees do not lose the 25% single person discount
Closed
99 signatures
What the petition asks
People who live alone (or are treated as living alone) can claim a 25% discount on their Council Tax. Some will have spare room(s) that could be used by refugees.
The Government must take action to ensure that council tax discounts are not affected by housing refugees.
The Government must take action to ensure that council tax discounts are not affected by housing refugees.
The Government has said that council tax discounts will not be affected if someone sponsors and host a Ukrainian household in their home, but refugees have not been added to the list of people disregarded for the purpose of council tax, so it is not clear how this will be achieved.
We ask the Government to add refugees to the categories of people who are disregarded for Council Tax purposes, like children, students and live-in, unrelated carers.
We ask the Government to add refugees to the categories of people who are disregarded for Council Tax purposes, like children, students and live-in, unrelated carers.
Timeline
| 31 Mar 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Oct 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
99
Status
Closed
Opened
31 Mar 2022
Closed
14 Oct 2022
Follow this petition
Sign in to get an email when the government responds, a debate is scheduled or held, or the petition closes.
Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.