Petition · past parliament

Help private tenants with the cost of living. Introduce a cap for private rent.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Government to introduce a law, regulations, plan protection or price cap about private rent as price of housing are increasing massively to help and protect private tenants with cost of living
Private tenants looks not be protected by any law. Cost of houses and living are massively increasing and most of the time negotiations of renting price if not regulated under a law they not be accepted. Most of the people they have not a salary increase.

Why it was rejected

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

We think this petiiton is similar

'Rent freeze' in England for public and private rented properties

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Timeline

6 Dec 2022 Petition opened for signatures
12 Dec 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Dec 2022

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