Students on financial aid can't afford them and are being burdened by this unnecessary obstacle.

• The coverage can be limited to one months rent.
• The deposit will only need to paid back as a loan if the student causes it to have to be used by the landlord (and therefore it cannot be returned).
• The amount of money we're talking about is only a small percent of the total already being paid anyway, and so it shouldn't be too difficult for the government to muster anyway.

Either way not every student can get into university residence, the residence themselves are not enough to accommodate every student, then what happens to those rejected to stay at res? Well they are forced to look for private accommodations which requires exorbitant deposits. Meanwhile some have NSFAS because none of their family members work and frankly they can’t afford deposits, this issue is the worst experience for 1st years especially if you’re alone in a new environment.