{"id":116421,"date":"2020-05-16T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thousands-of-uk-students-caught-in-rent-trap-by-private-landlords\/"},"modified":"2020-05-16T13:03:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T06:03:44","slug":"thousands-of-uk-students-caught-in-rent-trap-by-private-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thousands-of-uk-students-caught-in-rent-trap-by-private-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of UK students caught in rent trap by private landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhile campuses are shut by Covid-19, students are still being forced to pay for unused accommodationCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNotttingham Trent University students Eleanora Brown and her boyfriend Nizar Ruiz are in lockdown at home in Norwich, with no prospect of returning to campus any time soon. The teaching buildings are closed and the university has released all of its tenants from paying rent this term. Yet their hall of residence, run by Collegiate, a private developer, is demanding \u00a31,700 from each of its residents to cover the summer term.While students at most university-owned accommodation do not have to pay rent for the third term, Brown and Ruiz are among thousands of students trapped in expensive contracts with private hall operators. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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