It’s a growing problem, judging by this article. Obviuously, this needs to be stamped out before more innocent students die in fires. But the only way that will happen is if Owners Corps have the right to enter and inspect (on reasonable grounds) and the later-day Rachmans who exploit the rental market like this are jailed and have their properties taken from them.
But one thing worries me – where do these kids go when they are kicked out of these hot-bunk Hell houses? Surely there’s some reliable agency that can set up safe shared houses and flats for them where they are paying the same money but not overcrowding.