The San Jose Mercury reports:
The Bay Area’s housing crisis is hitting local colleges, too.
Facing a shortage of housing for people who want to live on campus as the start of the fall quarter looms, UC Santa Cruz sent an email this week to faculty and staff asking them to open their homes to students.
There more:
In March, the average price for a single-family home in Santa Cruz County spiked to more than $935,000, up from $880,000 in October. And average rents have soared beyond $2,000, with even individual rooms in homes running students around $1,000.
The university is in the process of trying to build thousands of new housing units specifically for upper-division students who would otherwise have to find off-campus accommodations. But the plan has generated some pushback from community members concerned about environmental impacts.
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