27 Aug 2025

Dunedin flats so expensive students sleeping in cars

From Checkpoint, 4:46 pm on 27 August 2025

Students at the University of Otago say with the lack of jobs in the city, climbing rent prices and cost of power, they're struggling to make ends meet. The situation has got so bad, some are even leaving their flats altogether to move into vans and cars to sleep. The student's association has said a recent survey shows some students are resorting to sleeping rough. Bella Craig reports.