Going flatting for the first time is often a significant part of a university student's experience.
Two Palmerston North organisations have pledged to work together for the interests of these renters.
Manawatū Tenants' Union and Massey University Students' Association have signed a memorandum of understanding outlining how they will work together. They will identify where the organisations complement each other and any structural problems facing the people they work for.
MTU and MUSA will inform students of each organisation's services, advocate and work for the interests of renters, and organise shared activities to support their missions.
A MUSA representative will sit on the MTU committee. MTU chairman Lawrence O'Halloran said he wants the committee to be more representative of the different groups it is trying to serve.