Halls for All

Every King’s student deserves affordable, secure, and decent housing.

Join Halls for All to fight for residents, private renters and priced-out commuters. 

Supported by Adithi Sathiyan, Vice-President Welfare & Community 

🎉 Our Campaign Wins So Far! 

When students unite, King’s listens. Together, we secured: 

  • 🏆KCL finally reviewed all affordable housing, including KAAS - the first review in 10 years. 

  • 🏆Postgrad and disabled students sat on official review group. 

  • 🏆Freezing KAAS rents: Officers ensured KAAS remained frozen for the 26/27 academic year.

  • 🏆Capped increases: Kept rent rises under 5%, well below other London universities.

  • 🏆Protected rooms: Secured a guarantee that 500+ rooms remain in the cheapest rent brackets. 

 

🚀 We’re just getting started 

Despite these wins, student housing at King’s remains a massive barrier. The KAAS threshold has been frozen at £42k since 2015 while living costs skyrocket, leaving support completely outdated.

Students who are priced out face a brutal private market full of rogue landlords and strict guarantor demands, while those paying sky-high hall rents are trapped with constant facility outages and slow repairs.

This growing crisis creates a heavy commuter burden, forcing hundreds of students into exhausting, expensive travel simply because living near campus is financially impossible. 

 

✊ Our goals this year 

  1. Build student power: Recruit active housing reps across all halls. 

  1. Gather evidence: Collect hard data and testimonies on costs and living conditions. 

  1. Delink KAAS from Bursaries: Separate housing support from outdated bursary thresholds to reflect real need. 

  1. Guarantor Guarantee: Launch a university service for international and low-income students. 

  1. Accountability over halls: Create direct routes for residents to challenge building failures collectively 

 

📣  Take Action: It all depends on you! 

Individual complaints are easily ignored, but collective action gets results. We need you to build a case that can't be ignored. 

  • 🎒 Become a Housing Rep and help organise your block 

Questions? Contact campaigns@kclsu.org

 

Resources & Support 

🏠 Need housing advice? 

King’s Money & Housing Advice
Free specialist support with housing options, tenancy problems, contracts, disputes, homelessness risks, scams and financial difficulties. They can also check private housing contracts and refer students to specialist support where needed.  

Finding Housing 
Practical information and trusted resources for finding accommodation in London.  

💷 Affordable accommodation & financial support 

King’s Affordable Accommodation Scheme 
Check current eligibility criteria, participating residences and information about applying for lower-cost King’s accommodation.  

King’s Money Advice 
Support with student funding, hardship funds, budgeting, benefits, council tax and debt.  

🔑 Private renting & your rights 

Know your rights under the Renters’ Rights Act 
Official government guidance explaining the new rights applying to most private renters in England from May 2026, including changes to tenancy structures and landlord obligations.  

Shelter 
Independent housing advice on renting, deposits, repairs, landlord problems, eviction and homelessness.  

⭐ Share your accommodation experience 

The Common 
Read and submit student accommodation reviews to help other students make more informed housing choices.