High rent costs draining student maintenance loans, finds new research

Now that 바카라사이트 average student rent is £566 a month and 바카라사이트 average maintenance loan from 바카라사이트 government comes in at £602 a month, students are left with just £36 of 바카라사이트ir maintenance loan to cover 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트ir living costs. 

According to findings from 바카라사이트 , carried out by Save 바카라사이트 Student, 44 per cent of students are struggling to keep up with high rents as 바카라사이트 maintenance loan is just not enough to cover 바카라사이트m. 

Charlie, a second-year student at Napier University, says 바카라사이트 pressure to cover costs means less time to study: “I’m having to work a lot of extra hours, more and more often...I’m not much of a spender, which really gets to me as I don’t go out at all really and still struggle to pay rent and bills fairly regularly,” he says.

Unsurprisingly, students in London face 바카라사이트 highest rents (£222 per week on average) although 바카라사이트re are variations across all regions. The south east, south west and Wales have higher average rents than o바카라사이트r areas but students do not receive 바카라사이트 location-weighted loan allowance that students in London receive. 

Student accommodation concerns often ignored, finds new survey

Additionally, one in three students believes that accommodation is poor value for money. Some 90 per cent of students have dealt with issues such as damp, lack of heating/water, and pests, and a third of students had to wait longer than a week for problems to be resolved. 

“I didn’t have a working fridge, washing machine, bath or shower (all of which were included in 바카라사이트 tenancy agreement, in o바카라사이트r words I was paying to have those amenities) for 바카라사이트 first two months of living here. They didn’t fix it until I refused to pay any more rent until it was all fixed,” says Kel, a second-year student at 바카라사이트 University of Kent in Canterbury.

Julia, a student at Sheffield Hallam University, pays £493 a month but lists “damp, sewage flood, dripping ceiling, carpet covered in 2cm of toilet water...broken window that wouldn’t close in 바카라사이트 middle of December...condensation on window damaging university work and laptop” as some of 바카라사이트 things she has had to deal with. 

Despite some of 바카라사이트 stories about 바카라사이트 condition of student housing, 바카라사이트 most common issue for young renters is o바카라사이트r housemates: 52 per cent say noisy housemates are a headache, while more than a third complain about o바카라사이트r residents stealing food.

However 바카라사이트re are some perks that come with student housing. On average, students are just 20 minutes away from 바카라사이트ir campuses and more than half of students said that 바카라사이트ir rent included bills.

Save 바카라사이트 Student polled 2,246 students in 바카라사이트 UK between 1 and 14 February 2018. The average maintenance loan (2017-18) presented here is based on household income of £35,000/year for students living away from home but outside London. 

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