Rent for student room in London up by a fifth in two years, report suggests

A housing charity has warned students could be ‘priced out’ of the capital (Chris Ison/PA) - (PA Wire)

Annual rent for a student room in London has risen by nearly a fifth in two years, a report has suggested.

The maximum maintenance loan for students is now less than the average rent in London, according to the report by student housing charity Unipol and think tank the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi).