Recap: Transitional Housing Perspective from Students
A majority of Michigan State University students
who have been affected by transitional housing said despite some challenges,
this unfamiliar living situation was an overall positive experience.
Although the third person in each transitionally
housed dorm room was offered a new space to live by the end of the fall semester, 215
residents voluntarily chose to remain in their original housing assignments in
2013, according to Laura Cole from LiveOn.
Freshman Garrett Patterson said although the lack of space for a futon is still an
issue when visitors come over, he really enjoys
his living situation and having an extra person to rely on in the first few
weeks of school was really beneficial.
He said after coordinating everything with his two
roommates and dividing up the responsibilities for bringing certain
necessities, having one person move out wouldn't have made sense.
Lauren Friebe, another student who voluntarily has
an additional roommate, said she would have never imagined making this decision
at the start of the semester.
“We thought our additional roommate was going to
move out at first, but we became really close,” said Friebe.
She said having an extra person makes it hard to concentrate on studying sometimes, but the living situation is not as difficult as she
anticipated.
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