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What is the point of subsidized housing being against students?

Why can't a full-time student enjoy the benefits of subsidized government housing, but a part-time student can? Part-timers can work a full-time job and therefore be able to afford more, while we full-timers work 20 hours a week and try to survive. Why does subsidized housing discriminate against full-time students? Also, if one were to apply to such a place, couldn't one just lie and say they go part-time?

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1. Most full-time students are eligible for loans, bursaries and income-based grants, which aren't generally available to part-time students. As a full-time student, the financial support you receive through grants and student loans is considered a replacement for welfare and housing benefit. In the case of subsidized or social housing, even most regular part-time students wouldn't be eligible simply by being a part-time student. They'd also need to have other circumstances which make them in priority housing needs - such as having dependent children, a disability or illness, or a very low income through being unable to work at all. A single, healthy, childless part-time student with a full-time or nearly full-time job is generally speaking no more eligible for subsidized housing than a full-time student with a part-time job or no job. You could try lying, but I expect you'd be asked to provide proof of your student status - like a letter from your college or university stating that you were a part-time student with no access to students loans or finance - before you'd be considered for subsidized housing.