Has YOUR area been overrun by students? Email emily.davies@mailonline.co.ukHomeowners claim greedy landlords have turned their neighbourhood into a 'student ghetto' as they protest against plans for another house share on their road.
Locals are protesting after plans were submitted to convert a three-storey detached property into a sprawling five-bedroom house share. Read More David the landlord felt hard done by after landing a difficult tenant. His shocking account of what happened next has left Australians furious Fuming residents say the burgeoning student numbers on their street has turned it into a 'ghetto'.'It will then be rented to students, or other occupants who doubtless may well arrive with cars.
Linda Wilkes, 69, and her husband William, 77, have been in the street for three decades and now live next door to a HMO. The University of Worcester said it was a matter for city planner to decide whether houses should be converted into HMOs. Pictured is Nelson Street 'I think we need family houses down here not any more HMOs. It loses the community on the street when there's a lot of students, it needs families.'The father-of-two said: 'We've got 14 or 15 per cent HMOs on Woodstock Road. Woodstock has parking restrictions from 11am to 3pm but that doesn't seem to apply to students.