Priced Out of Town: A look at housing costs in the College Park area
Stories from a semester's dive into housing affordability surrounding UMD.
UMD students often turn to off-campus houses for affordability. But challenges persist.
Students say the quality of the house usually doesn’t represent the amount they pay for.
By criminalizing the homeless, Austin’s Prop B tries to hide their housing crisis
Homelessness is a systemic issue. All Proposition B does is punish those harmed by it.
In a sea of pricey rentals, CHUM is a beacon of housing affordability for UMD students
Some say the housing cooperative could shape what affordable housing looks like in College Park.
Some UMD undergraduate commuters say housing costs pushed them out of College Park
At some apartment buildings, rent can be more than $1,200.
UMD grad students share struggles to secure safe, affordable housing in College Park area
“But it’s clear that this is not just a University of Maryland issue. This is a housing issue in America.”
UMD SGA members to gather data on student housing costs in College Park
They hope the data will influence city decisions.
College Park can learn from Mount Pleasant’s anti-gentrification efforts
Guidance on affordable housing and community activism from Mount Pleasant to College Park.
Everyone deserves affordable housing. Yes, even in College Park.
It’s time for College Park to do something about rent around the city.
College Park City Council discusses plans for long-stalled affordable housing project
It has been 33 years since the developer filed the project's preliminary plans.