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Some foreign students are facing what advocates describe as potentially exploitative contracts when signing up for university-affiliated housing. There are now calls for the special exemptions from tenancy protections given to university housing to be scrapped.

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Some foreign students are facing what advocates describe as potentially exploitative contracts when signing up for university-affiliated housing. There are now calls for the special exemptions from tenancy protections given to university housing to be scrapped.

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