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However, the number of rooms available in the private sector has increased by 28.2%. Housing organisations have also increased their student room supply, with 6,000 being built or under construction since last year.
Kamernet says it thinks the price increase has to do with students graduating faster, in fear of their grants coming to an end or of a fine for taking too long. 'Some of them move back to their parent's home and landlords take the opportunity to raise rents,' Kamernet told the Volkskrant.
12% in one single year!! many of the inflationary cost increases here lately are unbelieveable to me. anyone's salary or income go up anywhere near 12% this past year? is this really sustainable - these huge increases in rent and food and health care?
@phil. The government gets a substantial grant from the EU for every EU student studying here. Those students cannot rent from housing corporations and are fleeced by local landlords. Dutch students can stay in housing corporation rooms or travel to other EU countries. Lack of housing has nothing to do with foreign students, but an outdated and neglected system. Universities here do not provide "Halls of Residence" nor care one iota about the accommodation issue. That is the issue, not the foreign students.
@Phil i don't understand why you are so against international students. Everyone, except the students with a scholarship, bring money from their own country into Netherlands - paying for food, rents etc. So why is that a bad thing?
@Bob- They are not forced san diego vacation packages to share houses as they are not forced to study here, besides if they rent a house they add to housing shortages. I think the NL needs less international students and should provide free education to people from rural areas.
@Phil: You just missed the point. International students are not the issue, in fact non-Europeans are the ones subsidizing the Dutch and European students. Blame Dutch people for electing myopic politicians that are bringing the country san diego vacation packages down, with stupid policies, that favour interest groups (e.g. insurance, housing corporations, etc.) and promote right wing agendas for a quick political win, playing always people´s fears and prejudices. See the Spanish now, cannot even blame immigrants any more, in fact they are the ones fleeing away now, which by the way, is very likely to happen here if things keep going the way they are.
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