Matthew Lee: Students for Fair Rent Founder on the continued strike action over accommodation fees at Auckland University
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
There's no clear end in sight for student protests over accommodation fees at Auckland University.
Members of the Students for Fair Rent group haven't been paying rent since the start of this month.
They're demanding a blanket rent reduction and safeguards against future rises.
Group founder Matthew Lee told Mike Hosking that the university has a responsibility to provide safe, secure, and affordable accommodation for students, which they’re not doing.
He said that they also have the responsibility to engage with students and have explicitly refused to do so.
Lee told Hosking that striking is the only way they have to show the university that this is a significant issue.
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