[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 11% [BULL] Cost: ú48-64 (30wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 41% [BULL] Cost: ú27-ú37 (39wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] 87% of 1st years can live in a variety of [ITAL]highly satisfactory[EITAL] halls. The older halls, such as Bodington and Devonshire (both catered), require about 20% of their students to share (for whom rents are lower), but the newer accommodation (Charles Morris and Henry Price) provides single bedsits arranged along mixed corridors with [ITAL]minimal[EITAL] facilities shared by between 4 and 8 students. 1 women-only hall. Apart from 1st years, the only other students who stand a realistic chance of living in are postgrads (about 20% are accommodated). Many opt for the University-owned terraced housing in the surrounding student ghettoes. Few live beyond walking distance of campus [ITAL](though students are advised to avoid short cuts across the Woodhouse Moor).[EITAL] The exception is Bodington about 4 miles away (an easy bus ride).[PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD][ITAL] Expensive, unnecessary and in short supply.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]Most students are condemned to the large quantities of late 19th century back-to-back terraced housing generally in poor condition with damp and landlords who don't care. Students who want to stay in one piece are advised to try Headingley, Hyde Park and Woodhouse and avoid Chapeltown, although many may find themselves settling for something further from the University than they'd ideally like.[PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] UniPol (which should change its name to UniUni) - the joint University and Leeds Metropolitan University SUs' housing service - provides some help and advice by keeping tabs on the worst landlords and even managing some 116 properties itself as part of a head tenancy scheme. With 8 full time and 3 part time staff, it's a dream scheme.[PARA][PARA]
