Charleroi faced with the influx of students: What future for the kots?

Charleroi faced with the influx of students: What future for the kots?
Charleroi faced with the influx of students: What future for the kots?

In Charleroi, the monthly price of student accommodation is between 300 and 500 euros. Competitive rent compared to other university towns. But the establishment since 2023 of the U Charleroi Campus risks changing the situation. “At the time, we had 1,100 studentsremembers Michel Coulon, the director of ULB Charleroi. Today, we are approaching 3,000. So that means that our bet has paid off. The next step is to bring students from elsewhere and one of the ways to attract them is to offer accommodation in Charleroi”.

The main objective was to attract students from the region. As for housing offers, there are some, you just have to look up at the valves to see it. “The Open University carried out a study in 2019 which predicted 10,000 students in Charleroi in 2030. According to the evaluations of this study, a kot will be required for 20% of these studentswarns Tanguy Luambua, the housing alderman in Charleroi.

According to the latest figures, there are 1,000 batch authorizations that have been provided. But with the significant increase in students each year, we will now have to take the next step.

“The City has granted planning permission to create kots and then we will have a public partner, Sambrienne, which will develop kots for its 5th element project (40 thousand euros, editor’s note). »

Ultimately, the objective of the ULB and UMons is to provide students with a social service for immediate needs for example, and housing is one of them.

If universities are intermediaries, it is to have relatively moderate rents. We know that accommodation for students is becoming more and more expensive. At ULB as at UMons, we have a desire to offer the lowest possible prices for the best possible services.”

The objective of universities is therefore to facilitate meetings between students who are applicants and owners – private or public – who offer accommodations available.

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