Students in North Rhine -Westphalia: Thousands without a roof over the head at the start of the semester!

Students in North Rhine -Westphalia: Thousands without a roof over the head at the start of the semester!

Despite the start of the winter semester in October, there are still thousands of students without accommodation in North Rhine-Westphalia. In Aachen, almost 7,000 students are waiting for one of the 5,000 available dormitory. Around 1,500 students are also looking for a room in Cologne, while in Bonn and Bielefeld the situation is similarly precarious. There are still 2,200 active applications in Bonn, which could possibly be applicants who have now found accommodation. In Bielefeld, 850 young people are also looking for an affordable apartment; The waiting time for an apartment is up to four semesters.

In Münster there are still around 2,350 students on the waiting list, with the emergency accommodation of the student union has now been completely occupied. In order to relax the situation, the general student committee of the University of Münster, in cooperation with the city and university, set up a emergency district in a gym in which up to 150 freshmen could be accommodated. While the location in victories with 300 waiting students is less tense, the lack of housing in university cities remains an urgent problem. Johannes Wessels from the State Rectors' Conference calls on both private housing providers and politics to better use the living space. Further information can be found here .