Some highlights:
- Historically, student housing facilities have been supported by student charges and have not been subsidized by the state.
- Campuses set their own goals. UC reports having completed the construction of approximately 21,700 additional beds (through 23 campus housing projects) [since 2015] and is in the process of constructing approximately 19,100 additional beds (through 21 projects).
- For fall 2021, eight UC campuses report waitlists totaling more than 7,500 students. Some campuses report increases over pre-pandemic levels, whereas others report substantial reductions.
- UC reports 11 housing projects under development at 6 campuses adding more than 16,000 beds.
- UC does not systematically collect data regarding on-campus housing charges. Campus officials emphasize, however, that their housing charges are intended to be below market.
- Despite campuses aiming to have below-market housing charges, students living off-campus report paying less on average for their total living costs than students living on-campus. Off-campus students have somewhat more control over their living costs in that they can choose to have more roommates or scale back on food expenses.
Full report at https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2021/Student-Housing-110821.pdf.
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