Can't live on campus? Here's how that drives up rents in Boston, Massachusetts

Описание: What's it like to find a place to live in Boston in September? Imagine competing with an annual influx of more than 160,000 university students in a region where occupancy levels - and rents - are already sky-high.
This story was first posted in Sept 2023 and - in August of 2024 - we checked the latest data from the Mayor's Office of Housing. No surprise: it shows off-campus students continue to squeeze Boston's rental market. More than 40% of students still live off campus and new dorm construction has not kept up with a growing number of undergraduate and graduate students. Check out the data for details on individual schools here: https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/...

More from our series Priced Out: The fight for housing in Massachusetts here: https://www.wgbh.org/news/series/pric...

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Timestamps
00:00 How many students live off campus?
00:25 Where most students live off campus
00:40 Who's responsible to house students?
01:20 The student advantage over others
01:54 Grad students
02:13 What would happen to rents if schools built more housing?