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.