Suddenly people are waking up to what has been happening in the student accommodation sector. There’s a perfect storm of an accommodation shortage combined with sky high prices for the little accommodation that is available. We haven’t got here by accident. The 2017 government student accommodation strategy prioritised the provision of luxury, high-cost rather than affordable student housing. Indeed the only real mention of affordable housing in the strategy was to confirm that the Part 5 of the Planning and Development Act – which relates to social and affordable housing – didn’t apply to private Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA).…

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