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<p>Higher education (HE) providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government;
government plays no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation.</p><p>
</p><p>Each provider will be best placed to identify the needs of their particular
student body and develop the services needed to support it. This includes the pastoral
care, support and advice given to students affected by delays in provision of accommodation
and any offers of alternative housing.</p><p> </p><p>Universities UK and GuildHE run
a Code of Practice for university managed student accommodation that includes safety
standards, the landlord-tenant relationship, and health and wellbeing. In addition,
Student housing charity Unipol runs Codes that student accommodation providers can
join by agreeing to meet a set of benchmark standards relating to: the physical condition
of the accommodation; management of the property; and the relationship between landlord
and tenants. This includes a Code specifically for private providers of large student
housing developments.</p>
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