{"id":131322,"date":"2021-10-12T13:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T11:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=131322"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:55","slug":"growing-shortage-of-accommodation-very-tight-housing-market-for-students-in-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/10\/12\/growing-shortage-of-accommodation-very-tight-housing-market-for-students-in-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing shortage of accommodation, \u2018very tight\u2019 housing market for students in Rotterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Netherlands, the shortage of student accommodation has risen over the course of one year by 4,500 to around 26,500 student residences. That number is set to increase further, say student housing organisations.<\/p>\n

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The latest Ministry estimates show that student numbers are rising faster than expected. By at least 48,000 over the next eight years, according to the new monitor<\/a> commissioned annually by Kences, the umbrella organisation of student housing organisations, and conducted by ABF Research. The ever-growing number of international students is the main explanation, but we are also seeing more and more Dutch university students, who are more likely to live in student accommodation than students in higher professional education.<\/p>\n

Nearly half their money goes on rent<\/h2>

In Rotterdam, there is a \u2018very tight housing market for students\u2019, according to the monitor. Prices in Rotterdam are also high. On average, Rotterdam students pay 46 percent of their income on rent, equivalent to 540 euros a month on housing costs. That is 50 euros more than those students would want. Only in Arnhem, Ede and Utrecht is the difference between the desired and actual rental price greater.<\/p>\n

Dutch students currently pay 46 percent of their income on rent, three percentage points more than in 2019. Of students still living at home, 43 percent have not chosen student accommodation because the rent is too high, according to a survey conducted this spring.<\/p>\n\n\t

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