Monday 23 March 2015

Town vs. gown? The impact of ‘studentification’ on university towns

an article by Melanie Nowicki, Intern - Families, Work and Welfare Policy at Citizens Advice

Here at Citizens Advice we spent some time last year thinking about the housing crisis and considering the debate. It was clear that there was a problem but the experiences of staff, volunteers and clients across the country didn’t always reflect the media coverage.

It seemed that the housing crisis felt very different in different places. We set about using our front-line experience to inform the national debate – by exploring problems through bureaux we could really understand the problems to ensure that we can help policy-makers and legislators find the right solutions.

Continue reading (lots of links to external articles and statistics)


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