In a recent survey conducted by student housing charity Uni poll it was reported the average cost of student accommodation had jumped up by a third in a six year period. One of the main causes for the significant rise in price is the slow shift to up market renting in the private market.<\/p>\n
The average annual rent for 2018\/19 is \u00a36,366, up six per cent on the previous year and by a third on 2012\/13. In London the average is \u00a38,875 and for the rest of the UK \u00a35,928.<\/p>\n
This is estimated to take up 73% of the average student loan in rent prices alone.<\/p>\n
This does not just affect students. Manchester has one of the fastest rising rents outside of London. This has left over 80,000 people on social housing lists. Many renters are now vunerable at the hands of rogue landlords who often let their tenants live in subpar conditions while still profiting from it.<\/p>\n
\nSome quick maths: 300 properties, rented at let’s say an average of \u00a3900 a month, means this landlord makes back that \u00a325,000 fine in just under three days. For repeatedly refusing to provide an absolutely basic necessity to a tenant.<\/p>\n
\t\u2014 ACORN Manchester (@AcornManchester) December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n