When at university one of the most important parts of your experience is the roof over your head.

NUS campaigned on the new Housing Act to have parts that we felt would effect students the most included and as a result, among the many great amendments included, a key win was the inclusion of a tenancy deposit scheme.

If I ask you how often you’ve had your deposit back in the past, I expect very few people would say 100 per cent of the time. The scheme is a form of protecting your deposit that you give to your landlord. Landlords and letting agencies are required by law to invest your deposit in a government-approved scheme. This makes it easier for you to claim your deposit back and harder for your landlord to keep it.

There are over 1.2 million students in the private rented sector, and can they really make a difference in driving housing standards up for all by exercising their housing rights.

We've launched a survey that will help us to gauge how well information has been communicated and how useful initiatives have been so far.

Click here to take the survey

• If you have any further comments after the survey, please feel free to email sarah.wayman@nus.org.uk.

Ama Uzowuru, Vice-President Welfare

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