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Bryan, Re: Finnish Quadraplegic applicant. In some circumstances I feel that neither student halls of residence nor private rented accommodation is likely to offer the appropriate housing for a student. I have approached Housing Associations which have adapted housing, and asked whether I can act as a referral agency, 'sponsoring' the student as applicant for housing, and they've been quite OK about this. This may also offer some low level support in the community as many housing associations for 'vulnerable groups' use key worker systems. I have a couple of students now who are Housing Association residents, and another making application. I'm not sure if this will work for your Finnish student, who would be coming to the UK not to take up ordinary residence, but for the purposes of education, presumbably - unless he was guided otherwise! May be worth looking into HA's for your Finn, though I'm not telling you which Housing Associations I've used! cheers Debbie Debbie Gibberd City University Disability Officer Northampton Square, London EC1V0HB 020 7477 8806 voice and minicom 020 7477 8592 fax %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%