Consultations published on student housing
Last week, the Government published two consultation documents that concern student housing which can both be downloaded here.
The first, The private rented sector: professionalism and quality - The Government response to the Rugg Review Consultation, is the Government's response to the Rugg review of October last year, as well as recommendations made by the Law Commission in Renting Homes, Proportionate Dispute Resolution and Encouraging Responsible Letting.
In summary, we were broadly in favour of the recommendations made in the Rugg Review, and indeed by the Law Commission. We are particularly pleased to see that our campaign to lift the threshold from £25,000 has been taken up in this response. As well as issues around registering landlords, licensing for letting agents, and model tenancies.
The second, Houses in Mulitple Occupation and possible planning responses, looks specifically at the issues around high concentrations of HMOs and is a direct response to the research carried out by ECOTEC last year.
As you may remember, NUS had grave concerns about the suggestion of using planning legislation to control where students can and cannot live, and how this problematises student houses and students as tenants.
The deadline for these consultations is 7th August 2009.
NUS will be responding fully to both consultations and would like to hear your thoughts on the issues. These are public consultations, and so any individual or organisation can respond which we would strongly encourage any students' unions, officers or students to do. For more information on these issues, check out our neighbourhood pages, or get in touch with the neighbourhood team.
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