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To: Michael Gove
Student misery from the Renters Reform Bill
The proposal to scrap fixed term tenancies for all tenancies, including those for students, will cause havoc and distress for hundreds of thousands of students that rent from private landlords because they won't know where they can live next year until late in the current academic year. Those renting from the plcs such as Unite CAN have a fixed term tenancy. This shocking inconsistency needs to be rectified and all student tenancies should be allowed to operate with a fixed term that is in tune with the academic year.
Why is this important?
If the current proposals that prevent private landlords letting on a fixed term basis aren't amended, students that would currently choose their accommodation in January for the following academic year won't be able to do so until probably May, right in the middle of their exams. So instead of concentrating on their exams, they'll be rushing around, trying to find a suitable place to live. That will cause enormous stress and is completely avoidable. If the plcs like Unite can let to students on a fixed term basis, then why can't private landlords?
A large number of universities have already written to the government to demand that students have fixed term tenancies because they can foresee the problems that will be visited on their own students.
A large number of universities have already written to the government to demand that students have fixed term tenancies because they can foresee the problems that will be visited on their own students.
