In a bid to alleviate the housing struggles faced by students, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has announced plans to amend planning permissions for student accommodations in Dublin. The proposed changes aim to enforce mandatory leases throughout the academic year, eliminating the current burden of 51-week leases. Students often find themselves obligated to pay rent … Read more
Homeowners have been urged to help ease the student accommodation crisis by renting out a room and in turn benefit from a generous tax break. The Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has appealed to homeowners to consider renting rooms to students ahead of the start of the new academic year, in what … Read more
More than 1,200 Ukrainian refugees will have to leave student accommodation by the middle of September, on top of thousands who will be moved before the end of this month. It emerged over the weekend that 3,028 Ukrainians will have to leave to make room for returning students by the end of August. But the … Read more