{"id":141046,"date":"2022-06-01T16:11:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=141046"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:18","slug":"students-suffering-financially-due-to-rising-energy-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/06\/01\/students-suffering-financially-due-to-rising-energy-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Students suffering financially due to rising energy prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dozens of students have contacted the Dutch National Student Union (LSVb) and the Rotterdam student union STUUR about their rising energy bills. As students, they are not eligible for government compensation and are suffering financially.<\/p>\n

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At the end of April, the LSVb\u00a0opened<\/a>\u00a0the Energy Poverty Hotline, which students could contact to tell their stories. Of the 150 students who have so far called the hotline, most are paying an additional 50 to 80 euros a month for their energy, the LSVb estimates. At the same time, the Rotterdam student union STUUR also set up a hotline<\/a>. Eighty students have now reported that they are paying higher prices. 32 students said that they were having problems paying the bill.<\/p>\n\n\t

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