Between The University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett there are over 60,000 students enrolled, meaning that there is a very large number of them needing to find accommodation in the city.
Demolition of the previous building on the site of this particular accommodation finished in 2023, and its construction is expected to be finished in 2026.
New accommodations in Leeds could lead to the possibility that there is an increase in the number of students living in the city centre.
Third year Leeds Trinity student Lewis Naipie-Haydon said, “Personally I like the amount of students in Leeds, it creates a welcoming atmosphere and almost a place of belonging.”
Many students typically resort to living in Hyde park which between 2011 and 2021 became a stronger centre of gravity for them. This area has been named as one of the worst Leeds neighbourhoods for burglaries by West Yorkshire police so isn’t the best environment for students to be living in.
Naipie-Haydon continued, “Hyde park isn’t a great place for students but it is often where they end up. The accommodation will hopefully give people a chance to live somewhere else.”
For now, students will have to put up with the housing in other areas, but with construction underway for other blocks of accommodation too, it won’t be long before students can have better quality places to live.
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