Remove the rent guarantor barrier
The ability to source an adult able to act as rent guarantor for accommodation at any point in the care experienced or estranged student journey is problematic. The providers below have each stepped up to remove that barrier directly with an inhouse rent guarantor service. Check out the links and consider if your institution can replicate something similar.
There’s plenty of components in removing the rent guarantor barrier – including whether you’re giving students the critical information they need, can commercial services achieve the same outcome, and what’s the current legislative framework. Once you’ve finished being inspired here, go check out the ‘How to: Remove the Rent Guarantor Barrier’ pages.
Rent Guarantor Services
* any undergraduate student
* applicants must be debt free
* 1200 students serviced since 2017
* any undergraduate student in need
* applicants must be debt free
* coverage per academic year (9 months)
* any undergraduate Year 2 student onwards
* applicants must have a Year 1 reference (LSE Halls provide)
* monthly rent covered capped at £1,000
* any undergraduate student in need
* applicants must demonstrate financial resources
* applicants must be debt free to the college
* any undergraduate student in need
* applicants must demonstrate financial resources
* applicants must be debt free to the university
* any undergraduate Year 2 student onwards
* applicants must demonstrate financial resources
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
* care experienced and estranged students
* available for private rented accommodation
* care experienced & estranged students prioritised
* applicants must be debt free
* developed in partnership with the SU
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
* any undergraduate student
* applicants must demonstrate financial resources
* monthly rent covered capped at £1,200
* care experienced & estranged students prioritised
* applicants must be debt free to the university
* full time students with 6+ months of study remaining
* any undergraduate student in need
* applicants must be debt free to the university
* full time students with 6+ months of study remaining
* care experienced & estranged students +
* applicants must be debt free to the university
* academic reference required