Student housing shortage: Tens of thousands don't have rooms
2 years, 4 months ago

Student housing shortage: Tens of thousands don't have rooms

NL Times  

The housing shortage in student cities will be at least as dire as last year in the coming academic year, according to a preliminary estimate by the Knowledge Center for Student Housing. Then some 26,500 students didn’t have housing, Kences director Jolan de Bie said to AD. “We’re still calculating the definite figure, but it won’t be many thousands higher or lower,” De Bie said. If nothing changes, the student housing shortage will increase to about 60,000 in the coming years, Kences warned.

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Netherlands student housing crisis worsening: Rent jumped 7%, availability scarcer
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Netherlands student housing crisis worsening: Rent jumped 7%, availability scarcer

NL Times  

The Netherlands’ student housing shortage is getting worse, according to third-quarter figures from Kamernet, a platform for student rooms. The supply of student rooms in the Netherlands dropped by 5.2 percent compared to a year earlier. The average price for a student room in the Netherlands increased by 7.2 percent from 609 euros last year to 653 euros in the …

Student housing shortage mounts, government urged to intervene
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Student housing shortage mounts, government urged to intervene

Dutch News  

The shortage of student rooms has reached 10,000 and what is available is too expensive for most students, according to Platform31, an institute which focuses on complex housing issues. “This system is ensuring that student housing companies can build studios, but that it is not cost effective to build cheaper student rooms,” Platform 31 housing expert Frank Dirks told the …

Student housing shortage mounts, government urged to intervene
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Student housing shortage mounts, government urged to intervene

Dutch News  

The shortage of student rooms has reached 10,000 and what is available is too expensive for most students, according to Platform31, an institute which focuses on complex housing issues. “This system is ensuring that student housing companies can build studios, but that it is not cost effective to build cheaper student rooms,” Platform 31 housing expert Frank Dirks told the …

"Worrisome" decrease in student housing supply as rents increase 10%
1 year, 10 months ago

"Worrisome" decrease in student housing supply as rents increase 10%

NL Times  

The availability of affordable student housing is a growing problem in the Netherlands. The average rental price for rooms across the Netherlands increased by 10 percent between 2020 and 2022, and the available supply showed a “worrisome” decrease, rental site Kamernet said in its Rental Report 2022. “ “Students and young professionals are increasingly putting their dreams aside because there …

Fewer rooms for students and flat sharers, but prices are going up
1 year, 10 months ago

Fewer rooms for students and flat sharers, but prices are going up

Dutch News  

There has been a ‘worrisome decrease’ in the supply of rental housing for students and young professionals in the Netherlands and average rents are up by 10%, according to room rental agency Kamernet in a new report. ‘The supply of rental housing, especially for students and young professionals, decreased, while demand increased sharply,’ the agency said. Government regulation and higher …

International students frequently victims of bad landlords & discrimination, says union
2 years, 1 month ago

International students frequently victims of bad landlords & discrimination, says union

NL Times  

International students are still the victims of bias when searching for a home, and are often targeted by exploitative landlords, said the national student union LSVb on Tuesday. International students often paid 34 euros per square meter for a shared housing space, roughly 21 percent more than Dutch students. A one-room home cost international students 31 euros per square meter …

More and more students search for housing outside of major student cities
2 years, 4 months ago

More and more students search for housing outside of major student cities

NL Times  

Students are increasingly looking for accommodations outside of the city where they study, due to the housing shortage. A spokesperson for Kamernet, a room rental website, told the NOS that there is a greater demand for housing in towns surrounding major student cities. Jolan de Bie, director of Kences knowledge center for student housing, said housing students far away from …

Temporary housing for Ukrainians could eventually become student housing
2 years, 8 months ago

Temporary housing for Ukrainians could eventually become student housing

NL Times  

The office buildings and other vacant buildings that are now being converted into temporary housing for Ukrainian refugees can also be used for student housing in the future, according to student housing partner Kences. The organization said there is currently a shortage of 26,500 student housing units and that number will increase in the coming years. Both Kences and the …

Temporary refugee housing should be used for higher education students: Think tank
2 years, 8 months ago

Temporary refugee housing should be used for higher education students: Think tank

NL Times  

The offices and other vacant buildings now being converted into temporary housing for Ukrainian refugees can also be used for student housing in the future, said think tank Kences. Both Kences and student union LSVb don't know of students who, for example, live in anti-squatting buildings and are being evicted because of the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. "I haven't heard …

Student housing provider frustrated government blocking construction of 2,500 apartments
3 years, 1 month ago

Student housing provider frustrated government blocking construction of 2,500 apartments

NL Times  

Student housing provider DUWO is upset the Ministry of Infrastructure has been blocking plans to build 2,500 new student apartments in Kronenburg, AT5 reported. "We have international students who come to the Netherlands in the summer and sleep on the streets," Job Vermaas from the student union ASVA said. "Even with the expected measures to regulate the influx of international …

Student accommodation shortage to double in next two years: report
3 years, 3 months ago

Student accommodation shortage to double in next two years: report

Dutch News  

The waiting list for student accommodation will more than double in the next two years, a report by housing monitor Kences has said. A recent review of student numbers by the education ministry also showed that the student population will grow by 100,000 students more in 2024-2025 than was previously assumed. Foreign students from the EU, whose number is expected …

Student accommodation shortage to double in next two years: report
3 years, 3 months ago

Student accommodation shortage to double in next two years: report

Dutch News  

The waiting list for student accommodation will more than double in the next two years, a report by housing monitor Kences has said. A recent review of student numbers by the education ministry also showed that the student population will grow by 100,000 students more in 2024-2025 than was previously assumed. Foreign students from the EU, whose number is expected …

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