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Housing & accommodation
157 pieces carry this tag, newest first.
How to approach discussions on university rent setting
24/11/23
50p a week to live on after rent
26/10/23
Here’s the latest intel on student accommodation
29/09/23
The university experiences of care experienced students
06/09/23
How to respond to the Welsh government’s consultation on housing rent and supply
28/07/23
The renters (reform) bill – here’s what SUs need to know
18/05/23
How to use UUK’s guidance on student accommodation to win a local housing strategy for students
08/05/23
What is happening to students in the private rented sector?
05/05/23
Here’s what the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act means for students and SUs
03/01/23
How (and why) to lobby the Lords over the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
01/01/23
What’s going on with the UCU industrial action?
21/12/22
Some students should be getting money from their landlord
02/11/22
University students are hidden targets of county lines drug dealing – new report
01/10/22
How to respond to the consultation on new standards for rented homes
05/09/22
Here’s what students need to know about the £400 energy bills support scheme
02/09/22
What are students’ rights if their all-inclusive bills go up?
23/08/22
This is what SUs (in England) need to know about the new Building Safety Act
17/08/22
Two new studies are out on student cost of living
17/08/22
Here’s the latest intel on student halls
11/08/22
How to respond to the consultation on renter’s reform
26/07/22
Will rental reform help students in halls?
21/07/22
What can SUs do to end homelessness?
21/07/22
How to improve the quality of student housing
04/07/22
Rental reform is coming – what should SUs do next?
30/06/22
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