
{"id":22244,"date":"2010-09-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=22244\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T04:40:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T04:40:38","slug":"new-internationals-angered-by-housing-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/new-internationals-angered-by-housing-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"New internationals angered by housing chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plenty of students attended the second international orientation meeting of the semester at the Faculty of Humanities on Wednesday 1st of September.<\/p>\n<p>The auditorium was full up, and an unfortunate handful of students were forced to perch on the steps for the two hour marathon info-session. <\/p>\n<p>But for some homeless international students, information on moose-safaris in Sweden and courses on the Danish Welfare Model was not high on their list of priorities. <\/p>\n<p>See our previous covers of last years housing issues here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"Node\/4538\" target=\"_blank\">Less housing help for newcomers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"Node\/3197\" target=\"_blank\">Homeless students got soaked<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"Node\/1581\" target=\"_blank\">No place to call home in Copenhagen<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Discouraging<\/h2>\n<p>After the meeting, it emerged that several students at the meeting were angry and concerned about their unsolved housing situation and had attended with the hope of getting help from the international office.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they were met with this discouraging message from the overworked housing officers: \u00bbThings will get better in a few weeks time\u00ab. <\/p>\n<p>The University Post spoke to some of the international students facing a housing crisis after the information meeting. <\/p>\n<h2>Forced to live in Sweden<\/h2>\n<p>For Maria, an international student from Estonia, finding accommodation in Denmark was not an option:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI have to live in Malm\u00f6, Sweden because I could not find an apartment in Denmark\u00ab, she says.<\/p>\n<p>But Maria is not the only one dissatisfied with the housing situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe international office was not able to provide us with a housing solution and, therefore, we were forced to find accommodation through the internet. The photos of our apartment online seemed very nice\u00ab say two international students from Romania, who prefer to remain anonymous so that they do not make an enemy of their landlord. <\/p>\n<h2>Like living in an old hospital<\/h2>\n<p>But when they came to Denmark they were astonished by what they saw.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt looks like an old hospital. Everything is really old and even the light bulbs resemble something from the distant past. We had to buy all new furniture, so it is not easy for us to move now. We have already spent a lot of money on this apartment\u00ab <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe do not even have internet access in our apartment and we are studying computer science. How are we supposed to study? 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The photos of our apartment online seemed very nice\u00ab say two international students from Romania, who prefer to remain anonymous so that they do not make an enemy of their landlord. <\/p>\n<h2>Like living in an old hospital<\/h2>\n<p>But when they came to Denmark they were astonished by what they saw.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt looks like an old hospital. Everything is really old and even the light bulbs resemble something from the distant past. We had to buy all new furniture, so it is not easy for us to move now. We have already spent a lot of money on this apartment\u00ab <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe do not even have internet access in our apartment and we are studying computer science. How are we supposed to study? It is like studying humanities and having no books,\u00ab they continue.<\/p>\n<h2> Wait a few weeks<\/h2>\n<p>The International Office provides a \u00bbdirect housing\u00ab list, but according to their own presentation at the orientation meeting, this list is more or less worthless at this time of year. The rooms are snapped up instantly by desperate newcomers. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThings get easier as we get into the semester. There will be lots of rooms on the list in a few weeks,\u00ab said a representative for the International Office at the meeting. <\/p>\n<p>Uni-avis@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay up to date with news and upcoming events at the University of Copenhagen. 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