In any sensible world two new reports out on the state of the UK’s student accommodation market would trigger an emergency response.
Ministers would be dragged back from holiday; emergency task and finish groups would be formed; Universities UK would be telling students not to attempt to enrol without a bed.
But this is no sensible world – and it certainly feels like we’re hurtling towards a full-blown student housing crisis without anything resembling a plan.
Especially when the big headline is that the UK’s university towns face a shortage of 350,000 beds this coming academic year.
