[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 13% [BULL] Cost: ú42.40-ú54.80 (35wks) [BULL] [PARA]Self-catering: 10% [BULL] Cost: ú35-ú42.60 (45wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] The University accommodation is almost all snapped [PARA]up by 1st years, and with its other options, it can house most, but [PARA]not quite all, of them. There are 840 places in halls in Brighton, [PARA]and others at Falmer and Varley. There are 190 further places in [PARA]Eastbourne. More than 1/2 the self-catering places are in houses,[PARA]hotels and flats owned by the University and sublet to students. [PARA]The University has contracts with several local hotels, guest [PARA]houses and landladies. [ITAL]Basically, it's a desperate mish-mash [PARA]attempt to dredge as much accommodation as possible from all [PARA]sources in the face of a considerable local shortage, [EITAL]but, even if [PARA]students don't get exactly what they'd like, the University has, as [PARA]yet, never had to sleep students on gym floors and the like.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] Free spaces if students can find them.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Ave rent: ú42 [BULL] Renting: 75%[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] [ITAL]It used to be hell trying to find affordable [PARA]accommodation. Prices weren't much cheaper than outer [PARA]London and were more scarce. Things have become easier [EITAL](a [PARA]number of agencies now deal with students) [ITAL]although prices [PARA]aren't any cheaper. The most hopeful spots for bedsits and [PARA]shared houses are London Rd (near station and the best pubs), [PARA]Lewes Rd/Elm Grove (good for Falmer), Seven Dials (near [PARA]another station and the town centre) and Kempton (just cos it's [PARA]nice). Hove is a bit far and Moulsecoomb is a bit rough.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The Student Services organisation allocates the [PARA]University's spaces and lends a hand in finding places in the [PARA]private market as do a number of private agencies.
