“The international student reduction has definitely affected us,” said Ms. Brack, who said that large, multibedroom houses in what’s called the student ghetto in Kingston are also going unrented and owners are finding themselves having to list them for rents closer to what a family could afford, rather than what five desperate students (or their parents) might be willing to pay: $2,700 a month for a four-bedroom, rather than the previous $4,000.
“国际学生人数的减少肯定对我们产生了影响,”布拉克女士说,她表示,金斯敦所谓学生低价社区的大型多卧室房屋也无人出租,业主们发现他们不得不将房屋的租金定得更接近一个家庭能够承受的价格,而不是五个绝望的学生(或他们的父母)愿意支付的价格:一套四居室的房屋每月租金为 2,700 元,而不是之前的 4,000 元。