Unite Students to halve rent for some tenants following lockdown announcement
“They recognise that this is a challenging time for all students following the Government’s announcement of the recent lockdown
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Britain’s largest student housing provider is to cut some of its tenants’ rent by half.
In an announcement this morning (Monday, January 11), Bristol-based Unite Students, has told the market of its plans to offer a 50 per cent rent discount for eligible students for a four-week period, beginning mid-January.
Richard Smith, CEO, Unite Students
The resilience shown by students and our employees has been impressive and according to recent Unite Students’ research, carried out in collaboration with Opinium, our efforts have paid off, with students still highly valuing university life.
We surveyed 1,000 UK students to find out more about their experience during the first months of the new academic year. Encouragingly, despite the disruptions caused by Covid-19, the vast majority (93%) said they intended to remain at university and continue with their courses in January. Additionally, more than four-fifths said it was likely they would remain in their current accommodation to do this.