Change laws around tenant rights. Landlord's to go through referencing, too.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Landlords regularly extort tenants when it comes to deposit returning. If the landlord has to be given a reference too from the outgoing tenant, they might extort tenants less, and the system become fairer.

I; like countless others, have been extorted by landlords who are only interested in exacting as much money from a tenant as possible. The rental market is chaotic, and I would like Government to bring some order to it. I don't think Landlords will be able to charge such extortionate rent prices if they have poor references.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about whether to require references are a matter for individual landlords and tenants, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

10 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
13 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Oct 2022

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