I'll agree I'm not in your position. Which is perhaps why I can see it is an issue - of course people are going to see it as folk whining about a perk and of course your going to think its more important then that.
Its you lot who are losing the perk of free accomodation afterall.
The government should have phased it in rather then just withdrawing it however. That is typical "joined up" thinking from New Labour that is.
EDIT: cheers for putting this in a new thread Les. Wouldn't have been entirely fair if some of the earlier posts were missed. Even if I do look like an arguementative twat in them
