Letters to the Editor: Housing issues for the academic year

'The neoliberal approach of Minister Simon Harris and Minister Darragh O’Brien and this Government is part of the accommodation problem.'

The summer media attention around students and staff unable to find accommodation, and the consistent lack of action from the Government on this issue runs like clockwork each year.

Bearing the brunt of neo-liberal economic and social policies, students and staff are struggling and are being pushed into homelessness. We have seen students sleeping in cars, couchsurfing with friends, and dropping out of education, just as we have seen staff commuting for hours, unable to afford groceries and quitting academia.