The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has confirmed the payment of accommodation allowances to landlords. This payment comes after concerns that students would be evicted by the private accommodation landlords.
NSFAS provides comprehensive bursaries and student loans to deserving learners enrolled in approved courses at universities and TVET colleges. The funding includes money for tuition and registration fees as well as several allowances for living expenses, learning materials and accommodation.
The accommodation allowance ensures students do not have to travel extremely long distances to attend class daily. However, the failure of NSFAS to pay accommodation allowances threatened to take this convenience away.
NSFAS has now confirmed that allowances have been paid to all accommodation providers who submitted their queries on the official NSFAS channel.
NSFAS is pleased to announce that a bulk payment of accommodation allowances was processed by the end of May and the Beginning of June 2024.
They called on all landlords who have not yet submitted their claims to send their queries to the dedicated email address [email protected]. The next tranche of payments will be paid later this month.
The next scheduled payment will not be later than 18 June 2024 to clear all legitimate clients.
In the meantime, the scheme urged landlords not to evict students while waiting for allowance payments.
These interventions are intended to provide much-needed relief to private student accommodation landlords.
