Students at UCD are to protest this morning over a hike in the cost of on-campus accommodation.
The university plans to increase rents by 12 per cent over the next three years.
It will see the cost of housing increase to between €8,000 and €9,900 a year.
💥Pissed off at the 12% rent hike?💥
Join us this Tuesday at 9.15AM in the Old Student Centre Atrium to rally in parallel to the management meeting where they'll be discussing this decision again👩🎓@FixOurEduUCD @AntiCasualUcd#NotABusiness #StopThe12pct https://t.co/p0bUl8A5zC pic.twitter.com/v0ypZcfEkB
— UCD Students' Union (@UCDSU) February 16, 2020
UCD says the increases are needed to fund the maintenance of existing housing and to allow for 3,000 new student beds to be built.
SU President Joanna Siewierska says the increases should be scrapped;
"We will be rallying and demanding that the campus rent increase is stopped immediately and a campus rent decrease and rent freeze introduced to help students."
