IN reference to the article of Monday, March 5 about student flats in Madeira Road, I think Duncan Johnson has got it a little wrong.

It will not really free up family homes as for over 40 years residents of Bournemouth, Winton and other areas have been renting out their homes to English and foreign students to help subsidise their incomes and you will be creating further hardships for the residents who live in and around Bournemouth.

BARTRIE SONDACK, Bath Road, Bournemouth