All we want is a spare room, say students

I APPEAL to any of your readers who may have empty rooms in their homes, or who may have vacant property elsewhere, to make such space available to third-level students in desperate need of somewhere to stay for the coming year.

Here in UCD our main difficulty in trying to find appropriate student accommodation is our postcode; places with an appropriate price for student pockets are few and far between anywhere in Dublin, but it’s nigh impossible to find such places in areas where students are forced to compete with young professionals and new graduates who can simply afford to pay more rent in areas like Dublin 4 and 14.

Such a shortage is compounded even more by the rising interest rates and stalling property market, meaning that nobody wishes to buy property and everyone wishes to rent instead.