University Students Can’t Find Accommodation


There are weeks until the start of face-to-face education, but university students who will return to their schools cannot find a place to stay. Milliyet Newspaper reporter Ozan Ömer Ozan Kaduker looked for a place to stay in Istanbul like a student.

At the beginning of the pandemic process, face-to-face education was also suspended at universities. About a month ago, 1.5 years ago, by the Presidency of the Higher Education Institution. your distance education then again in the 2020-2021 academic year. to formal education announced that it will pass. Now it is very soon for universities to open, but it is still unclear where many students will stay in their education process.

University students who are preparing for face-to-face education, who will change cities for the first time or who have vacated their homes and dormitories during this period. cannot find a place to stay. Even though students are willing to pay 2-3 times higher than before, they have great difficulty in finding a rental house or dormitory.

Houses on which the sun does not rise:

Milliyet Newspaper reporter Ozan Ömer Kaduker wanted to experience the experiences of the students personally. as a student He searched for a place to stay. Kaduker’s search for a house that started with a budget of 1000 TL inconclusive left. After a long struggle, he was able to find a few apartments close to his budget in a few real estate agents. However, the flats he found are 1+0, 1+1 rooms, which are located a few floors below the entrance and called as level flats. sunless were flats. Realtors are looking for some houses that can be kept in good conditions. 2500 TL He said he was around.

According to realtors, in the pandemic process construction stoppageto meet the increasing demands no flats and vacated flats with the settlement of foreigners The rental home market is very active. Vacant houses find their tenants on the same day, customers make a down payment even before they see the house. Even if a house is found by chance, compared to the previous year at least twice as much rent need to pay.

If you say the student house is already a luxury, let’s take a look at the dormitory fees:

Student dormitories, especially in big cities, serve every request like a hotel. Annual fees for dormitories that offer 3-course meals, service, gym, laundry 50 thousand TLIt goes up to . A more affordable dormitory fee is the average annual fee. 20-25 thousand TLIt starts from. Dormitory fees vary greatly depending on the service offered and the number of people staying in the room. Monthly to stay in multi-person rooms in an average dormitory minimum 2000 TL budget is required. However, even if the dormitory prices fit the students’ budgets, they are either rejected or directed to branches far from the center because there is no room in many dormitories.

Single room for rent:

Correspondent, because the house and dormitory prices exceeded the budget he set. apart, hostel, student and single house He started looking for a different place to stay. The situation was no different here, in many places where he sought all the beds were full. He found a hostel, mostly students and staff, with only single rooms vacant. In this hostel, which has rooms for up to 12 people, the toilet and bathroom were shared. This place was filthy and rundown. The price of this room, where a bed and a closet barely fit, no windows or ventilation 850 TL was. In the room by the hostel staff pine and TV If required, this fee 1150 TL will be stated. In another apartment, there was only a bed and a closet in a single room. The window of this room, which is claimed to be ventilated, opens onto the wall of another building. air flow was not available. The cost of this room 900 TL was. There were also rooms with more people in the same hostel, but the living conditions were even worse. Despite all these negativities and prices, most of the rooms are full and those who want to be new tenants to hurry needs.

The situation is the same in all cities:

The reporter continued his search in Istanbul, but the same problem in all cities known to have happened. throughout Turkey and dormitory prices as well as house rents has increased. Especially in the provinces where students live intensely, 20 to 50 percent also in domestic prices 20 percent there has been an increase. Rental house prices From 1,500 TL to 5,000 TL in Istanbul, from 1,500 TL to 2,500 TL in Ankara, from 1,200 TL to 2,500 TL in Izmir; From 850 TL to 1.200 TL in Eskişehir; From 700 TL to 1.300 TL in Çanakkale; It went from 1.200 TL to 2.000 TL in Antalya. Private dormitory fees In Ankara and İzmir, it varies between 18,000 TL and 35,000 TL, in Eskişehir between 17,000 TL and 30,000 TL, in Çanakkale between 16,000 TL and 25,000 TL, and in Antalya between 18,000 TL and 35,000 TL.

Source :
https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/son-dakika-bu-oda-900-tl-mezardan-farksiz-6599036