Accommodation is one of the prime concerns for the discerning students and emerging professionals who are in search of better opportunities in the industry and want to get best out of the available opportunities in one’s life. This is one of the prior concerns of the students as without student flats on rent it is not possible for them to continue their educational activities. Majority of the students cannot afford higher costs and always tend to look for the accommodation that is available at the least possible prices. The recent changes in laws have made many things much different from what they have been actually on ground. 

The legislation has been approved to limit the number of student houses in Leeds under multiple accommodations in the city and the number exceeding above the limits have been ordered to be moved out of the city. This move has put the student’s future at stake and the increase in distances has increased in their cost of education and travel. The new law has also imposed more taxes on the students flats for rent duly declared as HMO despite having limited accommodation space and this has lead the student organizations to protest against this act. According to the unions if this act is implemented, the students will be derived out of the main community and would impact on their lives and would drive them into further poverty and deprivation. The students union at Hull University has claimed that this move by the authorities will negatively impact the student lives and would drag the students into poverty and would not help them in any way for availing better opportunities in life. For better life and better future, students must be given better environment and should be given multiple opportunities to grow in their fields. Without appropriate facilities and accommodation opportunities and imposing further taxes would not help them in improving their life style.

Hull University Union has claimed and again vowed to stand along with the students and other student unions against this act and would support them by all means and lead them to achieve their targets. The union has always supported the students in their just cause and would again do the same and would not let them get back from their current demands as these demands are based on justified facts and government and authorities have to take notice of this unjust activity that is causing the students major economic and educational loss.  Student union has a great background and has been helping the students in achieving their desired goals and supported them in their activities to help them in future education and better prospects in the job industry. This move by the union is seen as a right move in support of students who are about to be in the professional field and especially the students who are coming from distant areas. 

Accommodation is one of the prime most requirements for the student pursuing for higher education in the prime cities in UK. The rents of the properties are rising at an extremely high pace especially in the North region of UK as compared to the South. There is a visible divide in the two sides of the country but still the increase in the rents at both the ends is unimaginable and is increasing burden on the parents who have to pay the price of all expenditures. The increasing costs of clothes, books and kitchen items, are a separate matter else to the rising rents of accommodation across UK.

According to the research conducted regarding the availability of student accommodation in Leeds, the fact that the rents have been rising unexpectedly because of influx of students more than expected is evident. The average rise in the rent of accommodation is 3.1% as compared to the last year prices. All of this increase is to be paid by the students moving into new house shares and halls across the country. The increase in the rents has its origins from the south and has a severe impact on the soaring rents that have increased the overall expenditures of the parents. London is amongst the most expensive places in the country with high prices and increasing rents. Amongst the top most places in maximum rents London stands at the top with £129 per week followed by Egham in Surrey with £115 and Newport £113 per week. Winchester and Middle sex are also in the list with rent over £100 per week each. North is also not much easy for accommodation search as the prices in the region are no less than £69 in the prime locations in the city as Manchester being £74, Leeds £74, Sheffield £69 and Nottingham being £76 show a 6% increase in the average rent in the country for student accommodation.

The increase is not to be paid by the students but it is eventually going to be a burden on the parents who have to pay for the rents and all other expenditures of the students. The efforts to manage the accommodation for the students’ at the most reasonable prices are underway and this has a clear impact on the student’s demand for student accommodation in Leeds in the major academic institutions across UK. The most feasible student accommodation places in the country where student flats for rent are available have been located in Walsall, Stockton, and Wolverhampton with an average weekly rents amounting up to £48, £49 and £52. This eventually makes it clear that the locations in the south have been the major cause of the upsurge of the rents in the country especially Luton with 20% rise,  Chatham with 19% rise and Bournemouth with 16% increase. All this increase is not a burden on the students but has to be paid off by parents resulting in the increase in cost of living and expenditures growing by the time.

UK being one of the central locations for the premium quality higher education attracts students from all over the globe. This results in huge influx of students from within and from across the globe heading to the major centers of education in the country including London, Leeds and many other cities that offer premium education facilities. For students the prime most of the problems after the admissions is accommodation that is not available now at the reasonable prices in the country. If they find any opportunity, they tend not to leave this place unless they find any better opportunity.

Every year at the time of admission openings in Universities, Leeds get more attention from all over the,. Yes! Hot city in country and globally for students it gets more and more traffic of students’ every year which cause to get a suitable accommodation for everyone in their required areas. In order to solve this problem every year, Governments and many property agents do ample of tasks to increase the count for student accommodation in  Leeds. The students these days look for better opportunities and seek for such locations where they get all the facilities in the surroundings and once found they do not leave the property in the absence of any better choice of property. The property investors in and outside the country have been working on investing in the properties for the purpose of student accommodation.

The population of the students has been increasing during the last several years in UK and this population primarily represents the major chunk of the adult population in the country. This includes the age group of 20-34 years that comprises of the total of 36% of the adult population in the urban areas of the country. When this ratio is compared with the benefits and prestige that the British education offers to the students and adds value to their educational career, it shows the increasing investment and attracts growing number of students from all over the world which represents 19.2% of the student population from all over the world. There are numerous organizations in the private sector operating in UK to provide appropriate accommodation facilities to the students in the areas where the students are underprivileged. Liverpool is amongst the best examples in the country where numerous projects are underway to provide luxury accommodation to the students at the perfect prices.  Majority of the new developments of accommodation in the Major cities like Liverpool are already let before hand and the top three locations have their figures of occupancy being 80%, 75% and 50% of their available and offered accommodation for the students.

Leeds being one of the emerging developing cities in UK is undergoing similar situation and is facing the undersupply condition for the accommodation services to the students. There are numerous offers in this regard for the students at various locations including St. Ann’s Lodge that is already 100% reserved for the upcoming season and The Bank, one of other accommodation service providers have also claimed to be already booked for 100% of its accommodation opportunities. Another trend that has been seen in the recent times in the major areas of UK is the shifting of rental market away from the prime and conventional market in the town especially London that has its shifting trends towards Shoredtich, Hoxton, East Barnet, East Leyton, and Forest Hill. The market for the rentals is expanding and growing in the major cities outside London and Leeds is one of the emerging examples of this process.

Students must have to move for their higher education and parents are suppose to send them aboard or in other cities  just for the sake of their bright future but most of the time, it’s being observed that many intellectual do not get admissions in big institutes just because of the residence problem. Their parents do not seem willing to send them to other areas because they do not think it may be safe for them or not. Here we have discussed some tips and points that can help parents to manage a good accommodation for their university-going child. After following this, they will be able to make them sure to move for higher qualification.

Accommodation in Universities and colleges is the most important part of the student life for the students coming from long distances to the University and cannot manage to get back home regularly on daily basis. This is the premium requirement for the students to have appropriate accommodation in order to live and study in the university and manage their studies with complete care and satisfaction. In order to locate and find the appropriate accommodation it needs to go through the available choices and a complete tiring process of going through the details of the rooms. With the passage of time the nature and requirements of the accommodation has changed to a great extent and this makes it a most important aspect of the complete performance of the tasks and activities during the process of education.

It is recommended that parents of the students should play an important role in helping them select the appropriate accommodation so as to keep their costs low and help them in utilizing the saved amount at some beneficial and profitable location so that the invested amount does not gets wasted for no valid reason. There are multiple choices that can be availed by the parents and students inorder to take care of the activities of the children without any extra effort. There are multiple choices for the parents to select from and to support their children in difficult times. University halls are the foremost choice of the parents in order to provide their children an appropriate accommodation to survive during the study time. The average rent of a simple accommodation in university costs up to £118. The most important aspect that needs to be taken care of is the availability of the basic facilities including en suit showers, kitchens, launderettes and other modern facilities. If you are thinking to avail the facilities of the private halls, they cost the amount over £120 if associated to various Universities and £140 in case the accommodation is private.

If the residence of the parents is near to the University or educational institution, preference should be that residence so that the students are completely under observation and get monitored for their activities. This also saves the cost and amounts incurred by the owner of the property. The process of selecting and getting the appropriate student  accommodation for the students and thus making it easy and simple for your children and their life in the university makes it the best choice for the students to spend their life easily and with complete comfort. Students have to manage their problems of accommodation at the most feasible prices so that it is not easy and simple task.

I hope, I have mentioned all of the points to consider for parents before sending their child to university, hopefully after reading this, many of the intellectual will get their admissions in top institutes of the country or abroad which they meant for. Here I want to clear one thing, point of writing this topic is just my close observation being a property agent of oasis properties in Leeds. We are managing problems of accommodation for students in Leeds and try our best to provide them one suitable living room at affordable prices so they most talent of my city can be utilize fully to level extent.

Marinating the condition of Property and Housing
According to the news G4S and Serco Corporation were summoned by the Home Affairs Committee to the office and inquired about certain matters related to asylum housing. The inquiry was carried out because of the multiple reports regarding the shabby conditions of the housing and ill management of the property leading to inability to maintaining the condition of the property and housing. The complaints and inquiries are more about the major areas related to the properties and asylum houses maintained by G4S in areas of Midlands, East of England, Yorkshire and the North East. Total number of 11,000 asylum seekers resides in the accommodation managed by G4S.  

The contract between the Home Office and G4S amounting to £1.7 billion for the five years, makes it the second largest contract given out by the Home Office. The housing project is completely outsourced by the Home Office and has its entire funding from the taxpayers. The rent is directly paid to the landlord owning the property under the compulsion of the contract signed. Till the month of June the property contracts for the provision of asylum housing were coordinated by the local authorities who also provided a specific part of the housing stock to the landlords for asylum purpose. The mishandling of the properties and asylum seeking families has been reported being threatened and have faced invasion of privacy. According to the news the complete detailed reports regarding the matters reported about the G4S asylum housing in the areas of Yorkshire, and Northeast have been presented to the committee in briefings and also in the documented format. Home Office has reported to spend a huge amount of this project of asylum housing and the respective authorities do not appropriately manage services provided as the result of this.

According to all the reports conducted and presented, G4S had some loopholes in its performance and had given the hiring of the staff on contract which they took back because this was the prime reason of the decline in performance. According to the recent reports the performance of G4S has improved to a greater level and has been reported as satisfactory by the authorities inspecting the accommodation. Even if the matters are being resolved, the matter remains the same as the taxpayers need to decide if they are willing to see their tax money being directed to the organizations like G4S, Serco and Capita/Clearel for the next five years and they provide the same substandard accommodation facilities to the asylum houses. The Home Office need to look into the matters and decide the future planning instead of pumping the funding from the taxpayers to the organizations which cannot manage their duties or to finance such organizations that have experience and are eager about performing the best in limited resources to provide enhanced Asylum accommodation to the homeless old age people. 

UK has always been the center of attraction for the students from across the globe because of the world class educational institutions. The students and professionals from all over the world prefer to visit UK for the higher degrees in their field of interest. This needs them to have a proper accommodation for living and continuing their educational tasks. There are multiple cities in UK that are renowned for the educational institutions and student accommodation. Amongst these cities, Nottingham, Leicester, Lancaster, Leeds, and Manchester are the prime locations that are preferred by the students because of the leading educational institutions.

Educational Centers; Nottingham and Leicester:
Nottingham is the center of several leading educational institutions that are known for their professional excellence in their respective fields. University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University is amongst the prominent educational institutions providing quality educational services to the students from across the globe. The city is home to over 60,000 students from all over the world and the standards of the quality of student accommodation are also very high and in accordance to the international standards providing quality living place that fulfill all the requirements to standard living. The huge variety of houses available in the city offers the students from all categories to find the appropriate accommodation opportunity. The rents in the city vary according to the size and area of the house and amount from £55 per week to £100 per week. Leicester University and De Montfort University are the two prime universities in the Leicester city that have made it the center point for the students to gather for higher education in the perfect educational environments. The accommodation prices according to the letting agents in Leeds particularly and UK generally for the students vary from place to place and the average rent amounts to £59 in the city all over and it makes the city a better opportunity for education and accommodation at reasonable prices.

Accommodation Hubs; Leeds, Lancaster and Manchester:
Leeds and Lancaster are the two centers for the students and the cities are known to be the typical student cities because of the enormous number of students from all around the globe. The two cities have the highest ratio of the students living in the rental properties as compared to the other cities. You can call them best place for student accommodation in UK. The most important factor for which students prefer these cities on others is the lowest rate of crime including burglary and robbery in the city. The quite atmosphere and refreshing environments attract the students to these cities for a peaceful and better educational environment so they can better concentrate on their careers. Headingly is prominent area in Leeds city because of the high student population and unique student culture that are the trademarks of the city. The cities have a huge variety of rental for the students that give them a better choice to live in quality accommodation. Manchester being the cultural capital attracts the huge population of the students going for art and culture studies and music classes. The accommodation cost in the city is amongst the lowest in the country.