Accommodation | Union of Students in Ireland

Six emergency measures required to protect student renters

by PR Comms | Aug 25, 2020 | Accommodation, Featured, Housing, RELEASES, Student Life, USI News | 0 |

Emergency measures must be put in place to allow students to rent with some degree of confidence in light of the uncertainty still remaining ahead of the new academic year, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. The USI...

Students warned against committing to accommodation without clarity on college attendance

by PR Comms | May 27, 2020 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, Housing, RELEASES, USI News | 0 |

Students are being advised to be careful when signing up to new lease arrangements for accommodation for the 2020-2021 academic year, as no clarity has been provided on how third-level institutions will operate. The Union of...

Students facing ‘extreme stress’ over lack of rent refunds

by PR Comms | May 1, 2020 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News | 0 |

Many students in Ireland are worried they “may not be able to afford college next year” and are “extremely stressed” due to the lack of refunds for accommodation they now cannot use. In association with its Students’ Union...

Vulnerable students should be housed in empty accommodation

by PR Comms | Apr 17, 2020 | Accommodation, Direct Provision, Featured, Housing, RELEASES, USI News | 0 |

Vacant Purpose-Built Student Accommodation should be used to ease stress on vulnerable students who are not in appropriate accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union of Students in Ireland said today. The USI says the...

Union of Students in Ireland teams up with UPLIFT to call for signatories to open letter demanding student rent refunds

by PR Comms | Apr 1, 2020 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, Housing, RELEASES, USI News | 0 |

The Union of Students in Ireland, in association with Students’ Unions across the country, call on the operators of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation to refund students for accommodation they cannot use for the remainder of...

Students should be refunded for accommodation they cannot use due to pandemic

by PR Comms | Mar 25, 2020 | Accommodation, Featured, Housing, Media, RELEASES, USI News | 0 |

Operators of large-scale student accommodation should provide refunds to students who have had to leave college and return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). Landlord firms...