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The Federation of Students, in cooperation with University of Waterloo administration, will be presenting their recommendations to the City of Waterloo's Student Accommodation Study Advisory Committee on Wednesday, February 18. The recommendations report was authored by Feds President Chris Edey, and was endorsed unanimously by Students' Council on Sunday February 8. The report is available at www.feds.ca/housing.
The main recommendation of the report is for the City to cooperates with developers and property managers in transforming the existing low-density neighbourhood to the east of UW (the Lester-Sunview neighbourhood) into a student-friendly medium density precinct. Replacing inefficient, and occasionally unsafe, lodging houses with walk-up apartments and townhomes will allow more students to live closer to the university and to the services and amenities that they enjoy. This will also take the growth pressure off lodging houses in areas that are far from UW.
The recommendations have been well-received by City planners, the Mayor's Office and local neighbourhood associations. It is hoped that this consensus will result in meaningful action on the issue of student housing in Waterloo.
For more information on student housing and related issues, sign up to the Feds housing discussion list (see Feds.ca) or contact Chris Edey at pres@feds.uwaterloo.ca.
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