Housing: Rent for shared rooms for students is becoming more and more expensive

According to an analysis, students looking for a room in a shared flat in a German university town have to pay significantly more money than they did last semester.

Housing: Rent for shared rooms for students is becoming more and more expensive

According to an analysis, students looking for a room in a shared flat in a German university town have to pay significantly more money than they did last semester.

A room currently costs an average of EUR 458 per month - EUR 23 more than six months ago. This emerges from a study by the Moses Mendelssohn Institute in cooperation with the real estate portal WG-Gesucht.de, which was published. Housing offers in all 94 German university towns with at least 5000 students were evaluated.

The situation is particularly drastic for those on low incomes. According to the study, the flat-rate housing allowance of 360 euros is not enough for an average room in 68 cities. "Against this background, there is an urgent need for additional financial support for students who live away from home," said Stefan Brauckmann, Managing Director of the Moses Mendelssohn Institute. "In more and more cities, you now need the full salary of a mini-job, 520 euros, to bear the living costs." The recently granted energy cost flat rate therefore only has a very short-term effect on many students.

The students in Munich have to put a lot of money on the table: According to the study, the housing costs there rose again from 700 to 720 euros. The capital followed closely behind with an increase in the average monthly rent for a flat share from EUR 550 to EUR 640 now. At the end of 2021, this value was still less than 500 euros. In Berlin, an increase of almost a third can be seen within a year and a half.

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