Student Accomodation

Members:

Lisette Metcalfe, ASRA Management Committee

Luke Emmerton, DP9 Limited

Martin Blakey, Unipol

Nick Hayes, UNITE Group Plc

Richard Brenner, GSA (Global Student Accommodation)

Andrew Percival, UPP University Partnerships Programme

Sarah Jones, Cushman & Wakefield Debenham Tie Leung Ltd LLP

Jane Crouch, Fresh PG

Barbora Melezinkova, Legal & General Investment Management

Victoria Goddard, Pinsent Masons LLP

Bryan Carroll, Solent

Lynne Fennah, Empiric Student Property

Kevin Williamson, Victoria Hall Management Limited (Host)

Nick Barker, GCP Student Living plc

Oliver Campbell, LinkCity - Bouygues UK

Camille Stallard*

Sally McGill*

John Ford, Student Roost

* independent member of the committee

Currently working on:

• Promoting the importance of purpose built student accommodation to policy makers and relevant stakeholders
• Tackling tax issues for the sector, including on Council Tax and Business Rates
• Seeking an exemption from Selective Licensing for private PBSA, inline with the university sector
• Ensuring the sector's views are accounted for in the government's programme of residential tenure reform
• Ensuring the government's programme of building safety reform is appropriate for the sector and understood
• And, looking for ways to improve and enhance student wellbeing support in the sector.