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Efforts to meet student housing needs at Sault College have turned out well, the college’s board of governors was told at its regular monthly meeting on Thursday.

The international figure of 26 per cent is high considering that a college residence is not the traditional first choice for international students, Trainor told the board. As far as off-campus housing for students is concerned, Trainor said the college has worked on developing relationships with landlords, providing them with information sessions to get them interested in renting properties they own or renting spaces in their own homes, connecting students directly with landlords and adding a dedicated staff member to the school’s housing team to work with landlords and students directly.

Trainor told the board that educational material on avoiding landlord scams has been made available along with information on tenant rights, that help is available for students to secure and negotiate housing and in finding family friendly homes, that local hotels serve as emergency rooms if necessary when students are arriving and that the college’s Student Job Centre helps them find jobs close to their rental address.

Trainor said 98 per cent of respondents in a student housing survey stated their current housing is ‘fair to excellent.’

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