Rental shortage can be addressed by incentives

Thresholds for letting out a room should factor in the extra costs of providing digs for students writes Tim Bracken

There is a severe shortage of rental accommodation, particularly for students and this demand will peek in the next few weeks.

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has called on people with spare accommodation to consider renting rooms in their houses or provide digs to students to alleviate the shortage.