College Students Grapple with Housing Troubles as Costs Soar

A photo of a dormitory hall. At the foreground of the photo is a green lawn with a curved sidewalk path cutting through it on the left side of the photo. The dormitory is a red color and stretches horizontally across the photo. A large tree partially covers the right side of the building.

Sydney Johnson did everything right. Still, water poured from her ceiling.  The now-graduated University of Missouri student spent winter break taking classes and staying at her off-campus apartment. A few weeks earlier, property management sent instructions for how to avoid pipe bursts during cold months, which Johnson followed.  But her upstairs neighbors were not so…

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