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Matthew Lee: Students for Fair Rent Founder on the continued strike action over accommodation fees at Auckland University

Published: May 28, 2024, 9:35 p.m.

There's no clear end in sight for student protests over accommodation fees at Auckland University.\xa0

Members of the Students for Fair Rent group haven't been paying rent since the start of this month.\xa0

They're demanding a blanket rent reduction and safeguards against future rises.\xa0

Group founder Matthew Lee told Mike Hosking that the university has a responsibility to provide safe, secure, and affordable accommodation for students, which they\u2019re not doing.\xa0

He said that they also have the responsibility to engage with students and have explicitly refused to do so.\xa0

Lee told Hosking that striking is the only way they have to show the university that this is a significant issue.\xa0

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