University towns all over the country share the many problems outlined here of housing shortages and challenges to infrastructure. However many universities, despite these challenges continue to stimulate and flourish the local economy through increased spending by students and parents alike. This in turn may well attract further investment willing to attract this new influx of potential revenue..
If efforts are made, and much needed resources diverted to and spent in Hereford, and the university is delivered as published then like many many other towns and cities in the UK we will benefit from increased local spending, and the potential development and re- generation of the city buildings; and who knows even raising Hereford's sadly reduced profile to the outside world.
Change and progress is often difficult to stomach, and not without its difficulties, but the alternative option – doing nothing, is worse.