 The biggest problem that I face here in Scotland is just that prints are so expensive they seem to go up by over 10% every year and this obviously isn't reflected in a wage increase. Beyond that the quality of the housing in Scotland is just not great. Every flat Beenan seems to have persistent issues with disrepair you know that ranges from black mould to damp to leaky roofs to draughty windows which ends up becoming expensive one because you're paying more for your energy and then two you're constantly having to go back and forth with your landlord to try to get these things fixed. The biggest struggle I've found related to housing that has affected me has been the lack of safe and affordable housing. Every year that I've lived here as a student for the last three years it's been tougher and tougher to find a flat. There's a rat race every year to find a flat in time for the academic year so it can take up to six months to find a flat. Rent is such a huge part of the cost of living crisis and it cannot be ignored. We've already won a rent through in Scotland but we need our rent to come down as well as staying the same. We're campaigning for an immediate start to rent controls which would be a point-based system tied to the quality of property so landlords would be incentivised to keep up repairs in our cold draughty homes and that we would have an affordable rent for everyone in Scotland.