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This infographic shares six important points emphasizing the difficulties that young adults and students face when searching for housing. This infographic utilizes statistics from the Madison area, but is full of information that is true for many college towns and larger cities across the country. The infographic facts include the high average rental cost, the lack of open units, forced compromises, long commutes, difficulty finding roommates and the lack of accessibility. Seeing the numbers behind something that is recognized to be a problem emphasizes the necessity of utilizing OpenHouse.
Through this audio package, we take a closer look at the 2022 campout. Exposing the competitive and stressful housing market where students sleep on the street in the desperate search for student housing at UW-Madison.
Desperation for housing search
Zoe Bayliss’ Story
Student Campbell Keticatsky in affordable housing co-op Zoe Bayliss reveals the adversity of the housing crisis on her student experience and the resilience of the co-op in the face of destruction by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.