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Why is student rent so expensive?

The charity, Unipol, warns rent now takes up almost all the average maintenance loan received by university students in England. So why have accommodation costs gone up so much?

It's not unusual for university students to be hard up. But many are now being left with very little to live on due to soaring accommodation costs. The charity, Unipol, warns rents now take up almost all the average maintenance loan received by students in England. In this episode of our 5 Questions On podcast, Iqra Farooq from 麻豆社 Newsbeat explains why student rent is so expensive. (image: daniloandjus via Getty)

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