As we all know, the issue of Coronavirus or COVID-19 seems to be worsening everyday and just now, the prime minister issued a strict, mandatory lockdown which many tenants of sulets student accommodations have apprehended which have led many of us to travel back to our respective accommodations.





Though we are aware that our contracts don’t give room for ending our tenancies early, we think in such an extreme emergency, we should not have to pay our third term rents. Because of this issue, many students have been made redundant or are not able to work (many students have 0hr contract jobs so are not able to work because of the lock down and shutting down of public events) and so cannot afford to pay rent.





As a student who is in this very situation I think the two possible most reasonable responses would be:

1) Discontinue rent payments for the third term

2) Cut our rent payments in half (so we only pay 50%)

Barely any money would be lost from either decision as many students have chosen to travel back home so barely any resources e.g. water and electricity would be used