{"id":130235,"date":"2021-09-09T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T12:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=130235"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:51","slug":"rooms-are-scarce-but-no-extra-money-for-student-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/09\/09\/rooms-are-scarce-but-no-extra-money-for-student-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooms are scarce, but no extra money for student accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of students keeps rising and the housing crisis keeps getting worse.\u00a0But the Ministry of the Interior is not allocating any extra funding for student accommodation.<\/p>\n

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Campaign group Shelter Our Students (S.O.S.) highlights the shortage of housing at the opening of the academic year in Groningen<\/span><\/p>

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So says<\/a> the minister responsible for domestic policy, Kajsa Ollongren, in a written update on student housing submitted to the House of Representatives today. Her budget will be little affected by upcoming demonstrations planned in protest of the government\u2019s housing policies.<\/p>\n

As in 2020, the Minister will be making 50 million euros available this fall for \u201cincreasing the number of available housing units for various target groups\u201d. This refers to students, but also to starters and the homeless and street people. Fifteen million euros will go to those holding permits; in her letter she doesn\u2019t say how the remainder will be distributed.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrustrating, but not a complete surprise\u201d, says Ama Boahene, chairperson of the Dutch Student Union (LSVb), about the Ministry\u2019s update. She doesn\u2019t think that 50 million will be enough by a long shot, \u201cespecially because the money has to be divided between so many different groups.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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