<p>There was someone who lived in the house I lived in last year that studied abroad during a fall semester & had to move into our house, instead for the spring semester since there were no rooms avaliable in the house she had lived in during previous years. So I would say that yes, there is a chance of that happening. Especially with both this year and last year having more accepted students enrolling than predicted + less upperclass students studying abroad, there has been a housing crunch, as others have noted. Though much more often than not, things work out fine- someone returning from a fall semester abroad can likely get a room in the house they lived in previously for spring semester with rooms opening up after those studying abroad spring semester leave or there’s sometimes a J-term grad with just the fall semester left.</p>