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HMO's Sprouting Up Like Mushrooms......

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Silverbrooks Mon 05-May-25 11:15:42

So what? Students need a roof too.

Many universities reserve accommodation in halls for freshers only. Second and third year undergraduates and post grad students have to find commericial accommodation off campus.

If you live in a university town or city, surely this is expected.

Where would you have students live?

Most of the small Victorian houses in the roads closest to the university here are student accommodation.

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mae13 Mon 05-May-25 11:06:14

......in my area, so much so that the local council is hoping to put restrictions on granting permission to any more applications in various parts of the city.
They used to be called Bed-sits, in bygone days, generally large family properties converted into battery hen-houses. The current generation of Houses of Multiple Occupancy seem to be standard 3 bed suburban semis suddenly transformed into living space for 5 tenants, usually students.
Owners who can't sell in the current market find themselves having to give in to developers at knock down prices.
The 3 bed house next to my brother has been snapped up by the Home Office and the rumour mill, among his neighbours, is working overtime.

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