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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Protect tenants from reposession at short notice when their landlord defaults on their mortgage. More details
Submitted by Michael Shaw of Software Manager – Deadline to sign up by: 24 January 2009 – Signatures: 66
More details from petition creator
Imagine the situation: Its the 3rd or March. You come home from work and find a letter addressed to the home occupier from a bank that you have no dealings with. The letter states that the bank is reposessing the house in 12 days time.
You have just paid a months rent to your landlord. and now you find out that your tenancy agreement is more use as toilet paper than as a protector of your right to a roof over your head.
Your landlord fell behind in the mortgage, and is being reposessed. The house will be taken by the mortgage company and you will be evicted by bailifs in 12 days time. How is the average renter going to obtain an additional months rent and a deposit for a new house in 11 days?
It is morally right to protect the innocent in this situation by changing the law to require the bank to provide 2 months notice to tennants, and for the bank to receive rents direct from the tennant during the notice period.
It protects the tennant. It protects the bank and its shareholders.
It is morally the right thing to do.
Current signatories
Michael Shaw, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- M George
- L MacDonald
- Dr Vinod Patel
- Keith Withers
- Samantha Wood
- Madeline Dilley
- Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/tombaker/)
- Nick Byrne
- Maria Hampton
- Lynn Taylor
- Tsena Wand
- John Holden (petitions.pm.gov.uk/Thereisnogod)
- C Taylor
- l compagnone
- Bridie Hanily
- ian brocklebank
- jennie taylor
- Andrew Hart
- Matthew Wooldridge
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- Michelle Shaw
- Lesley
- Charlotte Hylton
- vicki evans
- Joanna Bennett
- angela walton
- AMANDA ALLSOPP
- Raymond Lisel
- Richard Stretton
- Nicola Tattersall
- R Vandanzig
- Amanda Jones
- KAREN KOHLI
- Karen Lawrinson
- Dean Evans
- Steve Hallett
- Gary Tiller
- J E Rimmington
- Robert Micheal Wellman
- John Moore
- Tim Baker
- Paul Dyer
- Dave Phillips
- David Williams
- Dermot Yuille
- john webb
- keith Shields
- Paul Wheatley
- mairi mackechnie
- Tom Bate
- Christina Hadleigh
- Andrew Kelleher
- Annette Barclay
- jfwebster@ntlworld.com
- Ian Kershaw
- Patrick Sheehan
- Paul Faulkner
- Eddie Gadsden
- Thomas Revell
- Jackie Martin
- Emma Robinson
- Stuart Wandrag
- zoe campbell2001
- Cathy Alexander
- Mat
