{"id":131865,"date":"2021-10-27T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=131865"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:56","slug":"86-percent-of-student-rooms-in-rotterdam-is-too-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/10\/27\/86-percent-of-student-rooms-in-rotterdam-is-too-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"86 percent of student rooms in Rotterdam is too expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rent for eight out of ten student rooms advertised on Kamernet is too high. Landlords are charging an average of 146 euros per month too much. In Rotterdam, 86 percent of the rooms are too expensive.<\/p>\n

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These findings have come to light thanks to an investigation<\/a> by radio programme Argos. The show\u2019s investigative journalists looked at the ads on the Kamernet website in September and the first week of October.<\/p>\n

The maximum rent for student rooms is set by law and determined by criteria such as the size of the room, the number of housemates and the shared facilities. This \u2018points system\u2019 is designed to ensure that students are not charged too much rent.<\/p>\n