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Students demand action over eye-watering rents in Scotland
Members of Scotland's tenants' union Living Rent organised a protest outside the Edinburgh City Council Chamber in January 2018
STUDENTS demanded action from the Scottish government over eye-watering rents today as newly published research showed a sharp rise over the past three years.
The average annual rent for purpose-built student accommodation rose to £6,853 in 2021-22 from £5,111 in 2018, according to a survey by the National Union of Students (NUS) and student housing charity Unipol.
NUS Scotland president Matt Crilly said the rise showed that the student housing system was “fundamentally broken” as he called on ministers to bring in rent controls.
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