Property News · October 19, 2016

Why I refuse to pay my university rent


Overpriced accommodation is changing student life for the worse – so I’ve gone on strikeLondon is home to some of the UK’s highest-ranking universities, and yet it is unaccessible to so many students. Last academic year, university rent averaged £226 per week in the capital, compared to £134 across the rest of the UK. And this accommodation isn’t always the sanitised paradise advertised in glossy prospectuses.For me and many others, it couldn’t have been any more different. Rather than feeling at home, I felt alienated from those around me. On top of the extortionate rent prices – which even my university, UCL, has admitted are bound to be unaffordable – students at the uni have found that rat infestations and loud building work made it impossible for them to study. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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