The municipality of Groningen will not investigate exactly how many student rooms there are in the city or how many are being lost. According to housing alderman Rik van Niejenhuis (PRO), the picture is already clear. 
To structurally save 2.5 million euros a year on real estate and accommodation costs from next year onwards, the UG plans to get rid of around ten buildings.
Is Groningen really losing more student rooms than are being built? Or is the situation not as bad as housing alderman Rik van Niejenhuis (PRO) claims?
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Students will see their purchasing power increase by barely half a per cent next year, according to Nibud, the National Institute for Family Finance Information. They will earn slightly more from their part-time jobs, but will also have to spend more on things such as healthcare costs.
The minority government still has a lot of work to do to get the 2027 national budget through the Lower House. But the additional funding for education and research has been included in the budget.