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Off-Campus Student Housing

BY Mary-Pat Cormier
October 02, 2014

This year, The Boston Globe published “Shadow Campus,” which exposed off-campus housing conditions that lead to the 2013 death of Boston University senior Binland Lee. Ms. Lee died of smoke inhalation, trapped in her attic bedroom. In Boston, 25 colleges and universities are within city limits. The off-campus population increased to more than 45,000 from 2006 to 2013. There are approximately 154,000 rental units; about one in 67 units is inspected in a timely fashion. Since 2000, the median cost of room and board for college students has climbed nearly 60% ' almost double the inflation rate.

The phenomenon is not unique to Boston. Between 2009 and 2011, there were 23.2 million college students in the U.S. In 2013, the Census Bureau recorded that 25% resided off-campus. Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, students living off campus ranged from 13.3% (New Jersey) to 40.3% (North Dakota).

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