NCCU students struggle to find housing

[aggie2039]

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina Central University student Samya Howard will likely spend her sophomore year driving from Wake Forest to the HBCU's campus in Durham because she was denied on-campus housing. It's a commute the theatre major didn't have last year.

"I'm only 42 minutes away, but that's still a long drive," said Howard. "That's a lot of gas that I have to give lots of money for and I have class every day. Being on campus is enough for me. My classes are right there. It was very convenient. Now that I don't have any housing it's going to be so hard to get there."

Howard and several other NCCU students reached out to ABC11 after receiving an email that stated the university is not able to provide them with housing before the first day of classes. The email also stated that the university is managing cancellations and no-shows to find available spaces to reassign students on the waitlist.

abc11.com/post/nccu-housing-students-struggle-find-dorms-university-enrolls/15046627/

[Bornthrilla]

She is a theatre major. She is just being overly dramatic.

[A&T AGGIE 96]

Jul 10, 2024 7:23:53 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

She is a theatre major. She is just being overly dramatic.

Man I need that laugh this morning LOL !!!

These students are on some different stuff...she didn't get student housing so she decided the best thing to do was to contact ABC11 NCAT had it's struggles with this as have a number of other schools...so this isn't a school thing, it's a student thing.

If we had that mindset when I was a student NCAT would have stayed in the news. We just had to push through when things didn't go our way.

[marchingband1969]

Jul 10, 2024 7:49:43 GMT -5 A&T AGGIE 96 said:

Jul 10, 2024 7:23:53 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

She is a theatre major. She is just being overly dramatic.

Man I need that laugh this morning LOL !!!

These students are on some different stuff...she didn't get student housing so she decided the best thing to do was to contact ABC11 NCAT had it's struggles with this as have a number of other schools...so this isn't a school thing, it's a student thing.

If we had that mindset when I was a student NCAT would have stayed in the news. We just had to push through when things didn't go our way.

The motto for every HBCU is..."The tassel is worth the hassle!"

[The Professor]

It's honestly just economics. Parents and students see the higher prices of housing and are now trying to stay on campus as they matriculate thru school because the price is lower than getting an apartment