Tackling the Student Housing Problem
- My service has to do with the housing problem in Gainesville in regard to strict one-year leases. A lot of you may experience this problem as it has to do with being “homeless” during finals week of Summer C, and with having to find a short-term lease if you’re graduating soon, an international student or if you do not need an apartment for the summer.
- There are some solutions that involve moving further away from campus for flexible leases or staying in a dorm but for those who are not quite ready to give up convenience, this is not a sufficient enough solution. Personally, I am involved heavily on campus and buses do not run late enough for me to live far away from campus. I also have had problems paying for summer even though I am not in Gainesville in summer. My solution entails getting UF involved, whether that means having them buy apartments and making them UF campus housing or renovating dorms.
- The different ways to go about this opportunity are:
- UF can buy off-campus housing that is close to the campus and develop it into school-sponsored housing. This would allow them to provide flexible leases like they do right now with the dorms.
- UF is currently in the process of renovating dorms. This process could entail them making the style of dorms apartment-style so that more upperclassmen are enticed to live in them. The communal style works for freshmen but is often inconvenient and unappealing to upperclassmen.
Iswarya, I also had the idea to implement UF-supported housing options for students who end up being in this "homeless" predicament. I like your idea about renovating dorms to have a more apartment “aesthetic” which could be more compelling. Although every individual student has different circumstances, I think this idea will alleviate the stressful times that comes with early move out dates. I am excited to see what you come up with!
ReplyDeleteHi Izzy,
ReplyDeleteYou came up with some really good solutions to the student housing problem around the University of Florida. It would be amazing if the university bought their own off campus housing for students to live in. They would be able to control the start and end dates of every lease so that it lines up perfectly with the start and end dates of each semester.