The university is facing an issue they did not anticipate for the 24-25 Fall semester: a shortage of student housing.
The University of Illinois is asking elder classmen to move out of student housing to accommodate incoming freshmen.
The university is facing an issue they did not anticipate for the 24-25 Fall semester: a shortage of student housing. For this reason, the university is offering food vouchers and a cash stipend to incentivize juniors and seniors to voluntarily forfeit their on-campus housing, according to CBS News.
Many universities require incoming freshmen to live on campus during their first year of attendance. The University of Illinois’ student code lists out the definition of a freshman that must acquire student housing:
Degree-seeking students who:
apply for admission while attending high school, regardless of the amount of college credit earned, including advanced placement or similar programs;
are enrolled in the fall term and attended college for the first time in the prior summer term or
since graduating from high school, have not attended another postsecondary institution as a degree-seeking undergraduate student.
The Chicago-based university isn’t the only one going through a housing crisis. In Lafayette, LA, residents of Woodsprings, Suites, an extended-stay motel, are being evicted to accommodate students as an adequate number of campus housing units is unavailable.
Lafayette extended-stay residents face sudden eviction to make space for student housing https://t.co/mQqNRNEmgw
“We are tired of not being heard. So we’re not leaving until they come to us. We’re shutting Blackburn down”
After #HowardUniversity Town Hall students occupy Blackburn building to address critical campus housing issues. #HU #LastBisonStanding pic.twitter.com/vtPBsgUJ5N
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Source: Black Enterprise
