 With the demand for student housing on the rise and colleges across the country failing to meet these demands, we asked a member of the Student Union to see what steps they are taking to resolve this issue. Starting the year would have been the biggest issue the Students Union had from trying to obtain accommodation, to trying to get things accommodation, trying to settle us at the Hazelwood issue. There was no management, trying to filter out if they were legit, if they weren't. Because at the same time, when trying to have students want to ensure that you're getting them good accommodation then you're not doing them over or throwing them into someone that's not safe. We have a US-Island National Student Accommodation with the government and that's, again, a strategic plan to look down towards the future for pricing airlines and for new student accommodation. But that's what I know at the moment. We asked students of DCU what came to their minds when we said student accommodation. First we had a struggle. I applied for student accommodation, the postgraduate accommodation here in DCU but I didn't get it in the end, unfortunately, but I don't know, it's a bit of a lottery. Coming in with people, let's say I haven't got them signed in, they just kicked them out like sleeping rough. I live at home, but I know people that do live in the city centre and they have to pay over 500 a month for their accommodation and they have to pay for the bus into DCU in and out every day. We spoke to a student from a different college who's staying in his friend's DCU accommodation. My friend from school got accommodation in DCU and I can't afford to move out on my own. He just said, you can stay with me. I don't attend this college, but I've been living here and I've been chipping in with rent and we've been splitting the cost of food and stuff like that. So yeah, it's been working out fine. With student numbers expected to increase dramatically over the next few years, students will continue to have to find alternative means of accommodation. Lee McGarron, DCU TV News.