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Housing shortage, soaring rents squeeze US college students

Jonathan Dena, 29, transfer student and senior at University of California, Berkeley poses outside the Rochdale Village Apartments where lives on March 17, 2022. Dena pays under $1,300 a month for a studio and parking at the apartments, but the bare bones and heavily subsidized units near campus operated by the Berkeley Student Cooperative are scheduled for seismic upgrades, which means Dena will need to move. He is on scholarship, and can't find anything for the $1,600 monthly rent allotted by his aid. (AP Photo/Janie Har) University of California, Berkeley junior Sofia Howard-Jimenez, plays with her rabbit in her converted dining room bedroom of the apartment she shares with three others in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) University of California, Berkeley junior Sofia Howard-Jimenez, studies at a desk in her converted dining room bedroom of the apartment she shares with three others in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) From left, University of California, Berkeley students Sofia Howard-Jimenez, Jennifer Lopez, and Aisha Wallace-Palomares talk in the dining room of the apartment they share with one other that is now used as Sofia's bedroom in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) University of California, Berkeley student Jennifer Lopez, makes her way down a tiny set of stairs from her bedroom loft of the apartment she shares with three others in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) From left, University of California, Berkeley students Sofia Howard-Jimenez, Jennifer Lopez, and Aisha Wallace-Palomares talk in a loft bedroom of the apartment they share with one other in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) University of California, Berkeley freshman Sanaa Sodhi talks with a friend in her on-campus dorm room while searching online for apartments in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. Sodhi is looking for an apartment to rent with three friends next fall, away from the dorms but still close to classes and activities on campus. They've budgeted at least $5,200 for a two-bedroom. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) University of California, Berkeley freshmen Sanaa Sodhi, left, and Cheryl Tugade search listings for apartments in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. Sodhi is looking for an apartment to rent with three friends next fall, away from the dorms but still close to classes and activities on campus. They've budgeted at least $5,200 for a two-bedroom. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) University of California, Berkeley freshmen Sanaa Sodhi, left, and Cheryl Tugade look for apartments in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. Sodhi is looking for an apartment to rent with three friends next fall, away from the dorms but still close to classes and activities on campus. They've budgeted at least $5,200 for a two-bedroom. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) University of California, Berkeley freshmen Sanaa Sodhi, right, and Cheryl Tugade look for apartments in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. Sodhi is looking for an apartment to rent with three friends next fall, away from the dorms but still close to classes and activities on campus. They've budgeted at least $5,200 for a two-bedroom. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Housing shortage, soaring rents squeeze US college students