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Author	artfuldodger1212
Comment	>my point was that student accommodation doesn't really serve to alleviate the problem you describe above in any meaningful way. I could not disagree with this more. Building more housing stock for distinct needs across the entire market will only serve to alienate the issue. High quality, affordable student accommodation that takes students out of competition with families/professional looking to buy or let private accommodation helps literally everyone but private landlords. "As far as I can tell, student admission rates at Glasgow uni haven't really changed in the last decade" This is categorically and fundamentally incorrect. Glasgow Uni alone went from just over 28,000 total students in 2017 to just over 37,000 total students in 2020. Strathclyde, Caledonian, UWS all will have also seen significant increases in this time. This can be verified using the latest [HESA](https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study) data. This issue is not going away without new stock or fewer people in Glasgow. I know it is the cool thing to knock student accommodation here and people are eager to fit in but people who really know about this stuff know that more stock is crucial. Your proposals make sense and should be done as well but mine is the one that tackles the root cause. What you propose is not really going to make a dent unless you think Glasgow has 10,000+ airbnbs (it doesn't).
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Created	Thu 22nd Sep 2022 4:10pm
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>my point was that student accommodation doesn't really serve to alleviate the problem you describe above in any meaningful way.

I could not disagree with this more. Building more housing stock for distinct needs across the entire market will only serve to alienate the issue. High quality, affordable student accommodation that takes students out of competition with families/professional looking to buy or let private accommodation helps literally everyone but private landlords.

"As far as I can tell, student admission rates at Glasgow uni haven't really changed in the last decade"

This is categorically and fundamentally incorrect. Glasgow Uni alone went from just over 28,000 total students in 2017 to just over 37,000 total students in 2020. Strathclyde, Caledonian, UWS all will have also seen significant increases in this time. This can be verified using the latest [HESA](https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study) data. This issue is not going away without new stock or fewer people in Glasgow. I know it is the cool thing to knock student accommodation here and people are eager to fit in but people who really know about this stuff know that more stock is crucial.

Your proposals make sense and should be done as well but mine is the one that tackles the root cause. What you propose is not really going to make a dent unless you think Glasgow has 10,000+ airbnbs (it doesn't).