Transitional housing continues to be an issue at Michigan State University because the number of
incoming freshmen, transfer students, and returning residents are always
changing, according to Assistant Director of Residence Education and Housing Services Charlie Thompson-Orsua.
"Certainly there is some forecasting
that can be done, but the numbers are always fluctuating," he said.
"We try to do the best we can to be aware of it."
According to Laura Cole, the assistant manager of the Housing
Assignments Office, the fall semester of 2013 saw an increase in
transitional housing that affected 1,131 residents, compared to the 798
students impacted in 2012.
She said the increase was predictable because of a
steady increase throughout the past three years, as well as the ongoing
renovations of Butterfield and Landon residence halls, which currently make 700
rooms unavailable to residents on campus.
As Butterfield and Landon will be completed by next
fall, it is predicted that MSU will not have any transitional housing cases in
2014, said Cole via email.
Despite misconceptions about MSU’s intentions for
utilizing transitional housing, Assistant Director of Communications for REHS
Ashley Chaney said the university guarantees housing for all freshmen even if they must add an additional person to each room.
"We have so much data that shows the impact of students who live on campus, and how that positively impacts their experience," she said.
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