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A lot of student accommodation has been built over the years. Why doesn’t that count towards the housing we need to provide?

April 26, 2017accommodation built doesn’t HOUSING student

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A lot of student accommodation has been built over the years. Why doesn’t that count towards the housing we need to provide?

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The way in which housing land supply is calculated means that the housing provided for students, often in shared accommodation, cannot be treated as housing for the purpose of the supply statistics. This is because a lot of this accommodation could not be sold or let separately and certainly would not be available for non-students and families.