Housing shortage a problem
for students living on budget
By Linda Hahn
Of I bo Kmorold
increased enrollment at th«
University can cause problems
when it comas to getting the
class you want, finding a park
ing place and locating a place to
live.
A projected housing shortage
led many students to start their
search early in the summer.
Now, they are known as the
lucky ones. Those who waited
are still looking. '• -
But dealing with a shortage
was not the only housing pro
blem students had to confront
this fall. Higher rent also raised
its ugly head, in line with the
law of supply and demand.
While Paul Witsiers, a
finance, .marketing and decision
■ science major, said that it is: a
.... normal for prices to go up as de
mand increases; his roommate,
Evelyne. Hollands,, also a
finance, markeiing and decision
science major, had a different
"-Yes, Itis'normal,, hui this js
the- only place for students to
ll ve They can’t afford the high .
■ rate’s,’‘she’ said. .
.The two’ started -looking for
apartments two w^t?ks% agb and .
•7 found, tho’'.rnajqrlty.. .was' taken.
'7We had only two options, and
.'.they, w.ore\rather •expensive. ‘If
we copld have lqoked qarlhir;
we could have found something
. cheeper7-’''Hollands said.
’ Sterttog the 'search’ early is
- definitely/; the’, key to sufccess,
said - Samuql. I.anah’an.. a"
graduate,'student -in planning.''
public'policyand management. •
lie moved from Idaho two mon
ths ago end found the pickings '
. fruitful.,... . 7
• -.‘/ijknow how;to look for it. I
; don’t; rely bn agencies , pf, in
stitutions. 1 do the: legwork. I
got bn my'.bike', .find ;.the area I
like, check out thelandlord and
the .availability of the apart
ment It took me a week of eight
hours a day. but I found the
ideal.home.'' l-anahan said. '
. Those who started early
weren’t always lucky, however.
Brad Newman, an Eriglish ma
jor; looked a few times in July,
then began again in -Sapteml>er
in desperation,
"II seemed harder this time.
The rents were higher, especial
ly as you got closer to campus. I'
don’t see a need to charge such
exorbitant prices fora necessity.
Paying $400 to $500 rent is
ridiculous.” Newman said.
Although the pursuit for the
perfect abode may have been
tough, some students are pleas
ed with what they found.
Jane Rittenhouse, a telecom
munications and film major,
said she had a hard time finding
her place because whenever she
would call on an advertisement,
it was already taken.
“It's just luck, fate that 1
found my place — It’s nice. But
1 don't mind paying more.
That’s because I don’t like a
Kvelyne Hollands
Jennifer Haven
*1 know how to do it.
I don’t rely on agen
cies or institu
tions ... It took me a
week of eight hours
a day, but I found
the ideal home.’ \
—*-:-—
‘Capitalism is a real
ly lousy system for
student housing.’
slipshod apartment,” she said.
Hut Jennifer Haven and Holly
Hogarth, both English majors,
are not content.
“We're still looking!" they
said as they scoured the
classifieds.
"We just called on one and it
was taken." Haven said. They
have been looking since early
September without luck. "We
just moved into a quad because
we couldn't find an
apartment:"
"I learned one thing.” Haven
said. "Shop early!”
Shopping early wouldn't
have helped Shasta Hatter, a
psychology major. She looked
‘If we could have
looked earlier, we
could have found
something cheaper.’
Samuel I^anahan
./I.,, t' .' > ■
‘We just moved into
a quad because we
couldn’t find an
apartment.’
Shasta Hatter
six weeks before she found what
she needed.
Her big problem is that she
has a child.
“Many places don't take kids.
And landlords have some real
weird reasons why they don't,"
she said. Many of the places
that do accept children are not
appropriate for them. "Only 20
to 30 percent of rentals within a
reasonable walking distance are
suitable for kids. And houses
are outrageously expensive.”
What does she think of the
law of supply and demand?
"1 think it stinks! Capitalism
is a really lousy system for stu
dent housing,” Hatter said.
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