> it's hard to see any reason the government should fund student's rent in particular while other people have to pay The government disagrees, and has decreed

> it's hard to see any reason the government should fund student's rent in particular while other people have to pay The government disagrees, and has decreed that a student's rent (a.k.a. "room and board") is, along with tuition and books, one of the expenses that student loans can be used to pay for.