Knäckebrot is moving to Umeå!

Knäckebrot is moving to Umeå!

Hej! My name is Knäcke the knäckerbröd

Hej! My name is Knäcke the knäckerbröd, and I come to Umeå to study Food behavioural sciences.
I like it a lot here, but I had a hard time in the beginning to find a place to live. Join me on my path and follow my steps from the start, to see where the fate led me since september! This blog is still under construction, I will post new stuff that I found out soon. If you have any questions or wonderings, don´t hesitate to leave a comment!

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

October 3rd: Awaiting crisis since august

 This is another article on the subject, from before the semester started.
 It focuses on comparisons with other cities, which show that this is a general problem, that reaches almost every university town in Sweden

http://vertex.nu/nyheter/bostadskris-for-nya-att-vanta-aven-i-host/




This is the english translation, again by google translate:


Published August 20, 2013, in

Rödmärkning and reviewed that students can not be offered student in the fall semester . The review may Umeå in a recent report on the state of student housing .

Swedish National Union of Students , SFS , examines each year the housing situation in the country's student cities for fall semester start. Student Unions and the largest student housing providers in each city contacted and assessed by a number of criteria .

AUTUMN'S REPORT SHOWS a tough position on student front in the country. In only 4 of 32 surveyed university and college towns , students offered accommodation within a month.
- There is a disturbing but expected development. Construction of student housing priority simply says SFS Vice Chairman Erik Pedersen.

UMEÅ BELONGS TO THE NINE cities where state judged severely , that student can not be offered during the fall semester . " In Umeå is usually high demand for housing for the semester ," says the report , which continues: " A few weeks before the semester was the 12-month waiting list for a room in a student dormitory at the largest provider of student housing. "

Queuing REDUCES USUALLY well into the autumn , the report observes , " but housing company AB accomodation do not think that all applicants can expect to get an accommodation in the fall semester . The company's representative stresses that such estimates are always difficult to do. " SFS also notes that the Umeå Student Union together with the municipality operates an emergency accommodation service "to help students to find shelter while waiting for a more permanent residence ."

OTHER CITIES WITH LACK of student accommodation is Gothenburg, Linköping, Lund, Sweden , Lulea, Malmo, Stockholm , Uppsala and Växjö. The easiest way to find student housing in the fall , according to the report in Harnosand , Karlshamn , Skellefteå and Trollhättan.

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