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To: Homes for Students & Goldsmiths Accommodation
Landale House - Cut the Rent
Cut the rent for current tenants who are paying extortionate fees for the below par accommodation and facilities.
Allow other students to pay the subsidised fee that Goldsmiths students receive for the same rooms and the same facilities.
Compensate students who have been without hot water, heating and other fundamental facilities including appliances, beds, etc.
Refund us the first term of rent for falsely advertising accommodation and facilities that do not exist or are no longer available.
Stop intrusively inspecting students flats, treating them as suspects
Stop fining students for problems that are the landlords responsibility to pay for and resolve.
Why is this important?
As students we are already paying above what we should for university halls. Many students have been treated in an unjust way and not had complaints resolved or listened to. Maintenance issues aren't resolved for long periods of time. Students receive no apology or compensation when things go wrong. The accommodation we expected upon arrival was not what we received due to false advertisement. We are fined for responsibilities that the landlord should take care of whilst not receiving sufficient housing for the price point we pay. It is important to allow students sufficient and affordable housing as well as to operate as a satisfactory landlord. Students struggle to afford living costs and should not be pressured into paying above what they should for the service they receive.
