Homeowners urged to rent rooms to students

The Minister for Further and Higher Education has appealed to homeowners to consider renting rooms to students ahead of the start of the new academic year.

The Union of Students in Ireland has previously said there is a student accommodation crisis, with many people who are due to start college in September struggling to source a place to stay.

Students have also recently reported that offers of accommodation have been withdrawn in some parts of the country.

Minister Simon Harris described the situation as "a very challenging environment", saying there is "absolutely no doubt that there is a real housing supply issue".

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0817/1316265-student-accommodation/

Seems like a lot of desperation here, are they discovering they cant kick Ukrainians out of student accommodation?

They were never going to boot out the COVID replacements.. Any student accommodation which is being used for Ukrainians is gone...

They'll be there until September... was an excuse to get them into where they shouldn't be..

`Many students are deferring for a year due to this. This will up the points for next year, with fewer places on third level courses available.

What's the going rate?