COMMUNITY
Students race to find cheap housing
By Ann Ziegler
Emeiaid Conlnbulor
The race is on for the I rest rental housing for the
least amount of money, and prices are exper led to in
crease over last year’s rates, said Uhris Uhupa of the
University's Rental Housing Office and Kent Jennings
of lennings & (’.o
Although lennings, Joy Roust of Spyglass Assoi iates
and Marjorie Ramey of the University Housing Office
all agree there is less to ( hoose from in Septemlier.
Uhupa said that is the liesl time to look
"September is by far the busiest month in terms of
the number of people and listings. Uhupa said
"Listings drop off in mid ()t toller, ' (Ihupa s,iid. and
openings increase in early November and late Dei ein
her
Uhupa said housing prices have ini reased notice
ably ibis vear For example, the average one bedroom
apartment rented for $105 to $400 hi l'lM'l no Ibis
veai he said, the same unit may rent for $ A 5(1 to $475
I.ast year's two bedroom apartments averaged
$250-500. Uhupa said, "hut you can tai k some onto
that "
( hupa said many students opt to rent in the summer
"to secure a place and handle the increase when fall
comes around " However, many apartments listed are
available only during the summer, he said
Property managers painted a pi< tore of a somewhat
more desperate situation Poust said Spyglass rentals
were "thinning out" in mid-August, and she expected
1(M) percent oci upanc v by the end of this month
lennings echoed Poust's predictions of zero availa
hility of housing near campus by September
"Before the University moved hack the enrollment
cap, if you came in July, you'd probably do Ok." |en
mugs said But this year, he said, "a real together stu
dent would set ure housing by )une
The story is much the same for University-owned
housing Marjorie Korney, director of University Hous
ing. said housing is boohed for fall 1‘1'Ml and students
on waiting lists will most likely stay on those lists
throughout fall term
"We don't anticipate am vacancies for the 200 to
toil transfer or upper division students " she said
However students who drop out of school or find off
< ampus housing usually provide openings in the resi
dence halls m winter and spring terms Whether allri
lion will provide openings in famih housing is "hard
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Photo bv Martin Thiel
h'.lena Kavanaugh, a recent graduate in psychology
and Romance languages, creates a rare l.u
gene/Springfield vacancy■
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