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University Offers Students Rent Discount – Apart From Those Staging Rent Strike
Rent strike campaigners say Queen Mary University of London is unfairly targeting students who withheld their rent during the pandemic.
Students At Four English Universities Launch Campus Occupations
The occupations have been launched in protest at a lack of support for students during the pandemic.
The Diary of a Student Rent Striker
"I believe we’re here primarily for financial extraction, with profit for the university prioritised over student wellbeing."
Students Are in Financial Crisis. Who Will Save Their Future?
VICE and Refinery29 are joining the NUS to call for all students to be offered rent rebates, and for maintenance grants to be reintroduced.
These Universities Are Offering Rent Refunds for Students During Lockdown
Some unis in England are offering rent rebates for students unable to return to halls due to COVID restrictions. Some others... are not.
How Manchester Became the Epicentre of the COVID Student Revolution
This is the story of a bunch of teenagers who, away from home for the first time, started a movement.
Manchester Students Win 30 Percent Rent Reduction Following Strike
Students at the University of Manchester will also be given the option to break from their contract without penalty.
A University Says It Will Take Unpaid Rent Out of Student Bursaries
The move by the University of Bristol, made during a rent strike, risks penalising students from households with lower incomes.
Victory For Tenants of Billionaire Landlord Facing 'Revenge Eviction'
The east London residents garnered national coverage in the UK after letting agents said they could use savings from lunch and holidays to pay rent during the pandemic.
Students Who Tore Down COVID Fences Now Occupy Tower Block During Rent Strike
Students occupying the tower in Manchester say they are unhappy about threats to fine them for taking part in rent-striking, and the university's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
7 People Talk About Not Being Able to Make Rent During a Pandemic
Some have been on a rent strike, some are on the verge of eviction, some are dealing with landlords who suggest letting a stranger's family move in to help share the cost of rent.
Tenants Are Facing 'Revenge Evictions' After Demanding a Rent Reduction
Multiple people in east London face eviction despite having always paid their rent, and say they have been surveilled by agents acting for their billionaire landlord.