Annual campus check by Idealis creates valuable housing opportunities for students
This year, Idealis’ campus check has once again successfully contributed to freeing up housing for new students. The campus check is an annual process to verify whether room tenants are still actively studying. This ensures that Idealis’ housing offer remains available to its target group and helps maintain a balance between supply and demand. As a result of this year’s check, 76 rooms became available for the summer intake.
In October 2024, Idealis began verifying 2,776 student numbers, of which 475 students were no longer enrolled or had graduated. Subsequently, 1,314 tenants with a campus contract were contacted. Thanks to years of student number registration and data exchange with Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the number of residents contacted has once again decreased compared to previous campus checks.
Campus check
Each year, Idealis starts the process around October by contacting tenants with a campus contract to ask whether they are still studying. To carry out this check, Idealis collaborates with Wageningen University & Research (WUR) through the exchange of student numbers. This allows Idealis to specifically contact those students who, according to WUR, are no longer enrolled. In the past, Idealis contacted all tenants. Thanks to the collaboration with WUR, the process is now much more targeted and, with the integration of a new automation system, far more efficient.
Using Rooms for Their Intended Purpose
“The campus check is an important tool to ensure that rooms remain available for active students,” says Moniek Bens, interim Manager of Housing at Idealis. “To make sure rooms become available when they’re most needed—at the start of the academic year—we begin the process in October, giving tenants we contact enough time to find alternative housing.”
