Student forced to move into Airbnb due to housing conditions in Jesmond
Newcastle University student Grace Boyle was forced to move out due to unfit private housing conditions since moving in.
By Grace Bamforth
Damp and mould: Uninhabitable living conditions in Jesmond. Images supplied by: Grace Boyle (Granted permission to use)
A second-year student was forced to move out of private rented housing in Jesmond due to uninhabitable living conditions putting her in hospital.
On October 26 Grace Boyle was given a day’s notice to move into an Airbnb out of Jesmond after submitting more than 80 maintenance requests for her HMO house of six in West Jesmond.
The Journalism, Media, and Cultural Student claimed she developed a form of pneumonia due to housing conditions. Boyle said: “It’s having a lot of long-term effects. My men...