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Inside Cal State’s housing crunch: Why dorm beds still fall short

Inside Cal State’s housing crunch: Why dorm beds still fall short

Update: 2025-08-14
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Lack of on-campus housing for students at many California State University campuses can be a major barrier for low-income students to attend college. To try to address this, CSU added more than 17,000 new beds over the last decade, with plans to add more. Yet students still struggle to find housing on or close to campus.





What are the barriers to building more on-campus housing? Why does it matter for students?





Guests:






  • Sofia Gonzalez, Student, Sacramento State University




  • Amy DiPierro, Reporter, EdSource





Read more from EdSource: Cal State wants more housing. Can it add 18,000 beds?





Education Beat is a weekly podcast, hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.





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Inside Cal State’s housing crunch: Why dorm beds still fall short

Inside Cal State’s housing crunch: Why dorm beds still fall short

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