Sheila Clark on LinkedIn: Top 5 Universities for Student Housing Construction (2024)

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I've often thought about the possibility for community colleges and univeristies to partner on student housing. I'll be interested to follow this partnership between Mercer County Community College and Rider University! Aside from helping to address #basicneeds, this could be a compelling strategy to ease #transfer too! Are there other examples of #studenthousing partnerships I should be familiar with??#communitycollege #studentsuccess

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You know... it's one thing when college students have housing insecurity because the rents in the market are not affordable. It's another thing when your local and state government is so anti-development that there is literally not enough housing for the students. What's more ironic is it's the state's university system that has told these same universities they have to increase their enrollment or lose funding. Right hand, meet the left hand. Now get to work solving the problems you created.Oh - and to the neighborhoods surrounding this Santa Cruz campus. You're wrong about purpose-built student housing impacting your property values. Students living in their cars on the streets and parking decks are going to hurt your property values. PBSH places the students in a place where they can thrive and it keeps your neighborhoods from looking like a scene out of Animal House.#California #StudentHousing #Enrollment #HousingShortagehttps://lnkd.in/gA9VeveR

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Entering or returning to college in the fall is usually a time of excitement. However, this fall, excitement was dashed for some students because they face uncertainty about their housing status—be it on campus or otherwise. According to a recent Forbes article, two key reasons exist for this uncertainty. First, many colleges across the nation are experiencing enrollment increases as a result of students re-entering college after the Covid-19 pandemic pauses and are simply unable to house all students who apply for housing. Second, off-campus rents have risen, making this type of housing unaffordable for some students. This is particularly true for colleges and universities located in urban areas.#hbcu #affordablehousing #safehousing #stablehousing #sha #studenthousingdemand #fall2023enrollmenthttps://lnkd.in/evX5apbU

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote a personal opinion piece for the Martlet, my alma mater’s student newspaper, on a potential solution to the student housing crisis in B.C. The piece explored the idea of adopting non-market housing policies found in the Netherlands, particularly with emphasis on the SSH organization which I was personally familiar with given that I lived in one of their residences. Particularly the shift of responsibility for housing students on campuses away from universities/colleges to an organization which solely focused on providing housing to students. Allowing universities and colleges to focus their attention on educating students instead managing rental properties. Meanwhile there would be an organization dedicated to building affordable housing units for students which could improve costs efficiencies, timeliness, affordability, accessibility, and hit potential environmental goals. #housing #affordablehousing #studenthousing #housingpolicies #economics https://lnkd.in/g6yMtWwE

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Developing student housing is like threading a needle right now, and developers are running out of needles – aka viable markets. During Bisnow recent Higher Education and University Development Summit, leaders in the market discussed the flood of capital into the sector, its implications, and how student housing’s resiliency during the pandemic made it a safe bet in certain regions. Pebb Capital is a leader in this sector, having acquired and developed 6,000 beds. For example, the firm is behind the ground-up development and 2021 disposition (for $84MM) of Monarch Heights in New York City. The 80-unit building features 153 beds and is a block from Columbia University.

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Theaffordable housing crunchhas not spared students in college towns.Why it matters:Students would need to earn about $72,000 a year to afford rent in America's most expensive college towns, per a newreportfrom InMyArea.Rent costs range from about $250 per month in some rural towns to more than $1,800 in the priciest California county, the report found.By the numbers:California is home to 16 of the country's 25 most expensive college towns, with the three priciest cities all in Santa Clara County.The most affordable off-campus housing is found in the southern and midwestern parts of the U.S., with the two cheapest in Kentucky.What they're saying:"Affordability and food and housing insecurities, if not addressed, have a direct impact on student success and retention rates," said Deborah Wallace, vice president of administration and finance at California State University, Dominguez Hills.https://lnkd.in/eCDBh6f9#highered #highereducation #higheredleadership #college #colleges #university #universities #Collegesanduniversities #Sacubo #Cacubo #EACUBO #wacubo#nationalcouncilforhighereducation #americancouncilofeducation #nationalhighereducationcouncil #councilforadvancementandsupportofeducation #studenthousing #dormitory #affordablehousing

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Did you know that the affordable housing crisis is also severely affecting college students? 📚👀 Take a look at this article that really breaks down how on average, a college student needs to make almost $70,000 yearly to afford housing and food, WHILE taking classes. 🤯We need to have focus on our college towns and affordability there, too! #affordablehousing #college #collegetowns #collegeaffordability #endhomelessness

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We partner with people innovating in all sectors, from manufactured housing…to job & mental health counseling, to money management, because success isn’t only due to hard work. #hbcus #college #finance #notforprofit #housing #affordablehousing #studentsuccess

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