Funding Off-Campus Housing

mom2collegekids
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 04:09:35 +0000

The school isn’t really “paying” for your dorm. They’re just not charging you for it. There’s a difference.

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However, there are rooms in my dorm that have extra people living in them (3 people in a 2 person dorm) and the university is paying those residents weekly for the inconvenience, while I am taking up a room, not giving the university anything for it.

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What does that mean?

Usually when triples are living in doubles, it just means that each person in a triple is paying less than if they were in a double. I don’t know what you mean by “paying them for the inconvenience”.

For instance…

If a person in a double, normally pays $5000 per year for a double, then while they’re in a triple, a school may credit $100 a month for 10 months ( a thousand dollars).

In that case, the school is now collecting $12k per room (after $1k credit) rather than $10k per room.

How is your school’s situation different?