Students at colleges from California to Florida were denied on-campus housing last fall and found themselves sitting out the year at home or living in motel rooms or vehicles as surging rents and decades of failing to build sufficient student housing came to a head.
A new study is shedding light on how many Americans, particularly women, are not making enough money to support their families.
And for the first time since it began tracking basic needs in 2015, the survey found an equal percentage - 14% - of students at both four-year and two-year colleges who had experienced homelessness in the last year, said Mark Huelsman, the center's director of policy and advocacy. Dena, 29, wants to continue living within walking distance of campus for a robust college experience.
Last October, Long Beach City College launched a pilot program to provide up to 15 homeless students space in an enclosed parking garage. They sleep in their cars and have access to bathrooms and showers, electrical outlets and internet while they work with counselors to find permanent housing. "I definitely was not prepared to be this stressed about housing every year," said Jennifer Lopez, 21, a UC Berkeley senior from Cudahy, in southeastern Los Angeles County, and the first in her family to attend college.
The Basic Needs Center at UC Berkeley, which operates a food pantry for students and faculty, found in a snapshot survey that a quarter of undergraduates reported they"lacked a safe, regular and adequate nighttime place to stay and sleep" at some point since October.
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