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UCL students target open day to protest against high rents
PROSPECTIVE undergraduates learned more about a London university than they expected yesterday as campaigners stormed the University College London (UCL) open day demanding lower rents and better-quality housing.
The protest came after three months of rent strikes at two of the college’s halls of residence after construction work and high costs made life “unbearable” for students.
Residents at Campbell House in Bloomsbury and Hawkridge House in Kentish Town were awarded a week’s rent worth £132 of compensation but decided to continue witholding rent payments.
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