Community colleges have not provided housing in the past, but now some local schools are getting new state funding to build affordable housing for their struggling students.
Affordable housing is also a challenge for community colleges… which haven’t provided student housing in the past. KPBS Education Reporter M.G. Perez tells us some local schools are getting state funding to build housing for their struggling students.
“We actually did have to complete a market analysis for rents to ensure that the rent would be below the market value and priority given to low-income students,” said John Parker, vice president of administrative services at City College. The urban campus is one of 75 California community colleges to be awarded money through the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program created byThe proposed 16-story residential high-rise adjacent to San Diego City College is shown in this undated rendering.
“We know that housing is the largest single expense for our students,” said Kelly Hall, Southwestern’s vice president for business and financial affairs. “We want to build new student support hubs that provide not just housing, but services, cafes and child care facilities.”
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