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Hi I'm Megan and I'm running for President because I want a students' association that
makes our time at Aberdeen incredible.
Housing in Aberdeen is awful. And it's expensive, really expensive. But why? Right now some
of the money we pay in rent goes to the cost of the house. Lots of that money though goes
to the landlord. In Birmingham their students' association has just got funding to set up
a housing co-op. And rent is just £160 a month. That's because all the money goes towards
the upkeep of the house and there's no landlord to pay.
I'll set up a housing co-op in Aberdeen.
I also want to set up a safe-taxi scheme. They already have them across the UK and I
think we should have one in Aberdeen aswell. The way this works is that if you've got no
cash and you can't get home, you can use your student card to get a taxi and pay at Butchart
the next day.
This is Butchart. Not everyone knows this but soon Butchart will be knocked down and
the students' association will get a new building, and it's up to us to decide what we want in
it. I'll run events to make sure that the building has what you want, whether that's
a cinema, a performance space, or somewhere to get drinks with your friends.
Voting closes on Thursday at 5pm at www.ausa.org.uk