A Housing Crunch Reshapes Student Life in Columbus
A housing crunch around Columbus's largest campuses is reshaping student life, as rising rents push undergraduates farther from campus and complicate the tidy assumption that college means living within walking distance of class. Universities are being drawn into a housing market they do not fully control.
The pressure has ripple effects, from longer commutes to harder choices about who can afford to attend. Students priced out of nearby housing face trade-offs that shape their whole experience, academic and social alike.
Universities are responding with new construction and partnerships, but building housing is slow and expensive. In the meantime, the squeeze falls hardest on the students with the least room to absorb it.
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