Collocations for hardship - noun

appalling (BrE), considerable, extreme, genuine (esp. BrE), great, real, severe
undue, unnecessary (esp. BrE)
economic, financial, material (esp. AmE), personal, physical

cause
impose
bear, endure, experience, face, suffer, survive
a close community which makes these hardships easier to bear
Students may suffer severe financial hardship as a result of the government's decision.
They have already survived considerable hardship.

fund (BrE)
payment (BrE)
The union made hardship payments to some of the sacked workers.

in hardship
They are living in genuine hardship.

without hardship
They could improve our conditions without undue hardship for themselves.

hardship among
widespread hardship among students

hardship to
The cold was no real hardship to me.

times of hardship
In times of economic hardship, companies cut back on training.