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Cornell Law, City Government and Ithaca Tenants Union Fight Housing Loss
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Facing the challenges of paying rent and affording legal representation, Ithaca renters have been especially susceptible to displacement this past year.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/housing/)
Facing the challenges of paying rent and affording legal representation, Ithaca renters have been especially susceptible to displacement this past year.
As the deadline to apply for on-campus housing nears, students consider their options during a pandemic that is likely to persist into the fall.
With Collegetown housing in perpetually high demand, the annual rush to sign leases for next year’s housing has already long begun. But, for those not on campus for the fall semester, the already-difficult process must now be completed fully online.
For students who live on West Campus, this semester has been characterized by disappointing food, difficulties finding friends and, for those who live in the gothics, spiders.
Coming out of a year of living with close friends and maintaining those relationships is all about relying on each other.
So, if on-campus housing capacity is truly the limiting reagent in the fulfillment of “any person, any study,” then Cornell should look to other avenues of expanding its reach.
Resident advisors say Cornell isn’t doing enough to protect them. One R.A. said he and his colleagues are working extra without overtime or hazard pay. “I don’t see how this will last a semester,” he said.
Cornell announced move-in dates and COVID-19 test time slots to on-campus students on Friday.
Students are receiving refunds for their unused housing and meal plans, but only after opting in to some of them.
The University has halted construction on the North Campus Residential Expansion project until further notice, following new state regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.