A new ‘solution’ to student homelessness: a parking lot where students can sleep safely in their cars

hechingerreport.org A new ‘solution’ to student homelessness: a parking lot where students can sleep safely in their cars

More colleges are looking at emergency housing solutions, including have students sleeping in alumni’s homes, napping pods, Airbnbs and even an assisted living facility.

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This is not a solution it's a workaround. Sleeping in cars is typically hard sleeping, which is still the problem.
- Don't call it a crisis, sell it as a new hip lifestyle on social media! #vanlife
  
  ugh. Living in vehicles can work-I've done so most of my life-but not in a fucking toyota corrola
  
  I was homeless for about 2.5 months and slept in the parking lot of 24 hour fitness in my honda civic.
  
  Yeah but it still sucks and is expensive, unless you own a better motor home: No toilets, no shower, no fridge, no power, must pay at laundry to was clothes, limited cooking without fridge and enough space. Parking in city center is expensive, parking outside the city needs public transport. Parking in a good area and residents call the police on you, park in a bad area and you get your car stolen or broken into.

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