California college students experiencing homelessness speak out
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- College can be stressful with studying and meeting deadlines, but some students are struggling with a different issue: housing. Federal data shows more than 1.5 million U.S. college students are homeless. CBS News producer Sarah Svoboda shows how some California State University students are dealing with it.
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I'm 36, never married, homeless since the pandemic, and living in an old Toyota Sienna minivan now, despite working, and not addicted to drugs. Society is broken.
@@Blue_Star_flyer Good for you... Not everyone is cutout for the medical field. Also I come from a really broken family full of poverty and problems. My single mother lost our home right as I was graduating high school, then my first two jobs went bankrupt while still owing me unpaid wages, then my mother died of cancer, and I had to go back to live in my long lost transgendered father's kitchen, without any personal space or privacy... I could go on and on, including losing my housing twice during the pandemic. It's just impossible to make progress in life with the rug constantly being pulled out from under you.
@@Blue_Star_flyer Sounds like you don't understand anything about my life, or how difficult it is to function and maintain hygiene and be reliable while out on the streets, and simultaneously trying to keep up with record high inflation, while also severely depressed.
@@Blue_Star_flyer You're just another one who will never understand anything unless you were actually in my sandals...
@@Blue_Star_flyer Yeah, try doing any of that while going through everything that I've gone through...
@Blue_Star_flyer I hope your bedside manner is a little less "caustic." Damn.
They don't build Working Class neighborhoods. And then complain about the people living in cars.
Typical day in California.
Hardly conclusive since there are few developers lining up to build working class homes in college towns. Where’s the incentive when they make more money building McMansions? Also, I don’t know what you mean by working class homes anyway. In my college town, 3br 2ba homes are sold for 1.2 million. And you’re right. California has a problem with homes, homeowners, and home availability. Homeowners think that if they spend 1.2 million dollars on their house, they have a right to quash development projects that threaten the neighborhood “quaintness” and of course, if there are more properties, then their home values won’t appreciate as much. They call themselves liberal environmentalists but they aren’t. They are just typical boomers sponging off of Prop 13.
As a builder, tell me how to build a 180k home in California.
@@AnhedonisAs a builder, tell me how to build a 1500 square foot home in California that cost the buyer 180k?
At a minimum it cost $200 a square foot to build in Commiefornia.
The structure will be 900 square feet at 200 per square foot.
If the students have parents with a home, they the student should have a home. They are homeless because they want to be. GO HOME!
I'm just gonna go hang out in the wealthiest Los Angeles neighborhood and use your logic: you don't build mansions for us peasants but get mad when I hang out by your mansion.
“Finding a place to exist…” I felt that. People just don’t have compassion for others anymore.
Why should I? How is their situation even bad?
@@aaronmontgomery2055 the real question you should ask yourself is WHY SHOULDNT I
@@bradleyhasse5220 Because I've been through worse and gritted through it and so has my family. That and along with that i send help and volunteer my time to children born without limbs. By comparison an American born person who grew up better than me (I was born in the states but was more poor than what is shown here by far growing up) complaining about their life choices seems like drivel.
So based on that I should not because if I extend my compassion or empathize with them then I start to get mad that they are even complaining. Because logically it is so minor and due to their own decisions that I simply detest the very notion of them complaining.
@@bradleyhasse5220 Bradley, I am not responsible for someone else. Neither are you.
@@aaronmontgomery2055 I hope Christ can open up the compassion within your heart. God bless you Aaron. 🙏🏻
As a Cali college student currently homeless it is beyond heartbreaking that nothing is being done about it
Just go somewhere more reasonable.
Leave the state. It's a shitshow
It’s the state, try going to any sane one where the prices aren’t that disgusting. Also, if you aren’t in STEM you’re likely just being ripped off
Why are you not living home going to an affordable college nearby? That's what I had to do.
I worked part time since age 10. I looked for and got 2 partial scholarships.
California
With all the tuition students are paying, the universities should be looking out for their students.
Boomers don’t think so
colleges are better when u pay more or some shi lmao
They’re using their funds to pay for the student union building and amenities
Universities are a scam. They create useless majors like anthropology , gender studies and sociology to lure students in. Those are big revenue generators.
They’re too busy protesting for PaLeStiNe dUrR and not housing so 🤷🏾♀️
The school should provide a safe place to park for the kids with access to the gym. And maybe charge a reasonable tuition.
Some places have tried that, or turned a blind eye, to students living in cars, but there is absolutely a safety issue with that (and invariably a liability issue). And we can certainly charge a reasonable tuition. You’re okay with your taxes going up to make that happen, right?
@@Anhedonis It’s $14,000 a semester to go to Arizona State which is one of the cheapest universities. When I started 5 years ago it was about $8,000 a semester. I will pay tuition and I thought about getting a masters, but the price Increases never stop.
@@AnhedonisThey can di that without taxes going up
@@AnhedonisJust less money for military spending
@@garycooper9207Ukraine and Israel come to mind , suddenly 🙄
15 years ago, I was a homeless student at UC San Diego. I paid $250 monthly to sleep in a walk-in closet and didn't even have a key to the apartment. If it weren't for the degree I earned there, I never would have afforded a house in California, nor got married and had a daughter. It was a rough ride along the way, though. We need to help these poor college kids.
Things now are not the same at all as it was for you 15 years ago. That closet probably costs $750 now, tuition costs 10-20% more, jobs are not hiring and if they are they offer a pittance, your degree is worth a lot less than it was even 5 years ago let alone 15.
No. They can move to someplace cheaper till they get situated.
@@TOMVUTHEPIMP can’t have them live too far from campus though.
@@TOMVUTHEPIMP not at all.. schools have rules on WHERE you can live! some even require you to live on campus - and this includes campus apartments. not all schools have these rules, but if you got into ucla, uc berkley, usc, stanford... etc... why would you even consider going somewhere else? these degrees have weight.
OP - thank you for not being the ''if I suffered, you can suffer too'' type. I was homeless in highschool. It was brutal and awful. I'm in a much better place now, but I don't want other students to go through what I wen through.... beyond awful
People who are not in your situation never truly understand your struggle
They are the first ones to comment and judge
isn't that the truth
I can see by the comments
No truer words were ever spoken!
Why not go live in a more affordable state?
@@youtubesucks1499what makes you think they can afford to move
The school should provide safe parking for its students!!
why not just cut to the root of it and offer housing or financial aid??
Lol, I wish, these universities charge at least a hundred for each semester/quarter parking
They are parking for cars, not rv.
For RV pay for 2 spots.
@@jeretso they don't want the rvs being in the spots permanently and overnight.
They campus needs spots for the students,. They're not going to give up 2xspots per rvif there are that many rvs.
They town doesn't really want the rvs parked for many days or overnight past 72 hours.
Wages remained stagnant while home and rent prices sky rocketed how tf are we supposed to survive in this economy ? Unless your making more than 100k a year you wouldn't understand how bad we lower and middle class people are struggling the power bill keeps increasing
All by design...
Ok, so if a person is 30 y.o. working at McDonald's raising 3 kids, isn't that poor life choices?
This isn’t surprising at all
What's surprising is people acting like living in an RV means they're homeless, they're not. This is an alternative living situation, and they're legally homeless, not actually homeless.
Meanwhile, There are a lot of Wall Street owned apartments staying empty. They don’t want to lower price to rent it out. Government needs to stay afloat, it can not let house price collapse.
I'm 36, never married, homeless since the pandemic, and living in an old Toyota Sienna minivan now, despite working, and not addicted to drugs. Society is broken.
that statistic is misguided, they only really own less than 2% of single family homes.
@@Network126 I have this photo of me and my cat to get cash tips from unsuspecting Uber passengers, some gave me as much as $60. When in reality, I am homeless because I refuse to work full time and I spend most of my part-time minimum wage income on prost!tutes in South Central Los Angeles. But people can't blame me for that because I'm just helpless when it comes to "love".
The Ghost of Blake Philbrook
@@Network126 get a better job. Wait, 36? That means you made terrible decisions that led you there.
So relatable. I’m currently pursuing my ASN (Associate in Nursing) and homeless in ATL,Georgia. I start my clinical rotations June 26 and am beyond optimistic and apprehensive. Unfortunate to see but reassuring to witness that I’m not alone in my experience with navigating homelessness while pursuing higher education.
While Politicians are sending Billions to other countries
🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇮🇱
never mind that, they invited illegals here and house, feed , healthcare for them
They seem like time travelers from 1970.
What?! 🤔
@@Novastar.SaberCombat hippies
Whatever works. If it keeps you alive, so what?
@@TheTrueOnyxRose it's fine..I just mean their vibe seems very hippy
@@MeadeFatLoss:
History repeats itself…sometimes in strange ways.
Then they say “everyone in America should be able to make it on their own merit” and “if you are poor it’s your fault” smh this is systemic
People deserve homes. Governments are failing them and us, universities must do better.
I'm 36, never married, homeless since the pandemic, and living in an old Toyota Sienna minivan now, despite working, and not addicted to drugs. Society is broken.
@@Network126 I feel nothing but the outmost respect for you and hope that this rough patch will be over soon.
@@christianeduardo1 I have this photo of me and my cat to get cash tips from unsuspecting Uber passengers, some gave me as much as $60. When in reality, I am homeless because I refuse to work full time and I spend most of my part-time minimum wage income on prost!tutes in South Central Los Angeles. But people can't blame me for that because I'm just helpless when it comes to "love".
Network126 has been on RUclips since 2008. Always complaining about how society is broken and saying things like, Why look for a job when he is going to get fired anyway? Back in 2020, he tried to run a scam using the COVID pandemic as some excuse to not work, and he was begging for donations day after day.
Network126 has been on RUclips since 2008. Always complaining about how society is broken and saying things like, Why look for a job when he is going to get fired anyway? Back in 2020, he tried to run a scam using the COVID pandemic as some excuse to not work, and he was begging for donations day after day.
That RV looks better than some apartments wth I should open an RV business.
Only if you can convince the township for parking. If you could do that, you’ll make a pretty penny.
There called trailer parks! 🤦
I was unhorsed on and off in college. Financial aid isn’t enough for what they charge for the dorms, same as rent. Everything is too high and there’s not enough aid, and not enough sympathy from people who have money who aren’t going through it themselves.
Then maybe people should attend schools that are within their price range. Community college and then state university. If you can't work part time and use government loans, then find private loans. There's also plenty of scholarships and aid out there if you're wiling to Google, and no I don't have any sympathy.
Blessings good luck and homes for all these students
Forget just saying blessings here and blessings there. Do something! Vote the right people in your states!
I thought about being homeless for a while and realized I couldn't afford it. They literally ticket you for not having a home even when you are just in your vehicle smh. And getting your degree is a gamble because it won't guarantee you a job and can even disqualify you for one. Minimum wage employers don't value it even if you just want to work to afford your bills its best where I'm from to take it off your resume. Just sad and sick.
Tuition costs and the cost of housing are insane in California. Don't get me started on high-interest student loans either.
Unfortunately, not just California. Corporate greed is gross
There's a huge difference between people choosing to live this way to save a few bucks and people living this way because they have no other option. These people are clearly choosing to live this way (#vanlife). I didn't hear one of them talk about any real struggles they experience or express fear about being made to drop out because the cost is more than they can bear. I'd prefer to hear from the students who have no other option.
I'm glad we no longer have homeless people. now we have people who are experiencing homelessness.
Great catch on the small details
when you need a job
Or the newest term “the unhoused”
Silly semantics. Yup
So true. I told the very, very senior age members of my Lions Club, the largest Service Club in the world, about the college cost crisis, giving hard facts, and they had no clue how severe the costs are.
"At the end of the day that sucks."
I hear you, brother.
CBS News is really throwing shade at the CSU system with this.
It's a rip off big time!!!!
I went to UC Davis and we had students that lived in tents 😢
I totally agreed. We are in deep crisis.
At least those RVs are running, insured, and the driver has valid license.
That is a great point she made at the end- they are their living I their RVs because they really want to be able to keep going to college and it’s the only they can afford to do this. That’s how much their education means to them even though the costs are exorbitant and they made still struggle financially afterwards. Colleges don’t have to be so expensive and room and board on top of that does not need to that expensive either.
Cal poly Humboldt recently kicked kids living in motor homes off their campus parking lots.
Many colleges offer a free on campus gym membership to students. Students can use the gym locker room to shower if available.
What does that have to do with being homeless and parking an RV?
@@Novastar.SaberCombat They get a place to shower, brush their teeth, etc. Most of the college students don’t have a place to shower so some will use the school gym locker room as free for students at times.
When I was in college, a guy I knew lived in his Supra and showered in the gym. And that was 20 years ago.
Poor kids
Everyone is being affected regardless of age. I'm 36, never married, homeless since the pandemic, and living in an old Toyota Sienna minivan now, despite working, and not addicted to drugs. Society is broken.
They're funded by parents money.
@@alexlopez5800 I bought my own van... Also, seniors are going homeless too.
The Ghost of Blake Philbrook
They’re not kids
Unfortunately MOST living in RVs are NOT students and have ruined it for everyone living on wheels. I rented a room from a family with no kitchen privileges when I went to college 44 years ago, worked part time school full time.
I'm 36, never married, homeless since the pandemic, and living in an old Toyota Sienna minivan now, despite working, and not addicted to drugs. Society is broken.
@@Network126 I'm 28 an RN and just bought a house.
@@Blue_Star_flyer Good for you... Not everyone is cutout for the medical field. Also I come from a really broken family full of poverty and problems. My single mother lost our home right as I was graduating high school, then my first two jobs went bankrupt while still owing me unpaid wages, then my mother died of cancer, and I had to go back to live in my long lost transgendered father's kitchen, without any personal space or privacy... I could go on and on, including losing my housing twice during the pandemic. It's just impossible to make progress in life with the rug constantly being pulled out from under you.
That’s great. What was your tuition and rent, if you don’t mind my asking?
@@Network126 Your mom sold the house and made profit..around $40K!!
Housing in CA is outrageous
The university should provide a parking lot for them... there are plenty of parking lots all around campus!
I think that would just encourage more. No easy answers. But living in California is bizarrely expensive. I think people need to focus on community college and vocational training more than some of these fancy degrees. But again, no easy answers.
I honestly wouldn’t mind this, I hate having too much space around me. It stresses me out, less cleaning also
I go through this in another state. I had to be with my family which triggers major health issues.
Yes, I feel like strong family foundation is so critical to quality life. Unstable people creating unstable families makes society unstable.
Wow - 😮 what tenacious college students!!! So sorry our society is not more encouraging of your admirable goals. Mind blowing 🤯 😳
This is not homelessness. It seems the issue is more about where these students can park and for how long. These students live in RV's, and there is nothing wrong with that. This lifestyle is a choice. I personally choose to live this way to be liberated from the stress of paying rent or a mortgage, along with increasingly high bills. It's a simpler lifestyle, but it is not for everyone. I am a minimalistic person who prioritizes my happiness. I've lived in all kinds of properties during my lifetime, even luxury properties, and I found myself so unhappy because it made me feel stuck or trapped. I enjoy feeling free from that and the toxic environment it can be to live in a typical neighborhood.
If you have a choice to go for the RV lifestyle, I'm all for it. Yes, you lived in an RV, but if your RV broke down or the parking situation in your area was untenable for your situation, you had an alternative to go to.
But these students don't have that choice and that means they're constantly under the sword of Damocles of parking tickets, accidentally parking in a high-crime part of town, your RV breaking down, and having nowhere to go.
@@vanyac6448 They have a choice, lol. These types of people are dealing with the negatives of RV/Van life. It's entirely their fault.
@@BadMannerKorea No they don't. Have you tried finding a place to rent on their income in California's inflated housing market?
@@vanyac6448 Yeah, they do. Nobody is forcing these people to live the RV life. That's a choice. And not finding an area to a park is one of the negatives of van/rv life lol. They're legally homeless, but not actually homeless, and it's their decision to go to that university AND live in a van/rv. They can easily get more financial aid, live in the dorms, or go to another university, and they can especially sell their rv/van and live like a normal college student. No sympathy.
Wow this is really sad. CA taxes and GDP are among the highest in the US. Where is that money going?
The camper is being than the $10-12 thousand of dollar dorm every semester
There should a designated place for RV and trailers to park. Cal poly is a very expensive school. I’m surprised there isn’t ample parking.
Parking a car or an RV?
Living in an unsafe place at night and the choice is creative? I know it's hard without self-justification, but you have to face it.
The Golden state is now Bronze! A very sad state of affairs.
I used the pantry while in medical school at Anshultz Medical Campus….denver is extremely expensive. Hated it. I transferred school and basically started over in a smaller and more family
Friendly area and life is awesome
Now. Not everything is big city. Have the courage to stop and start and find greener pastures. No need to be homeless in that stage of life. Or at all, period.
Do you know where the school featured in this video is?
"Not everything is big city."
Not every small town is welcoming of all types of people or has infrastructure to accommodate a variety of lifestyles.
Good for those two! Get/earn that college degrees! I lived in my car just to pay off student loans and I don't regret it! Trying to better yourself by going to college is F'ing insane now a days!
I rented a room from a family with no kitchen privileges when I went to college 44 years ago. Worked part time, school full time.
The cop said they have to move in 3 days, that's fine .. move the camper 50 or 100ft then it's now in a different spot.
Does student housing not exist anymore?
They don't have enough and alot of it is not affordable
Why can't the government--local or national--do something about landlords and apartment complexes raising rent??? And why is it only storage unit buildings being built and not affordable housing for lower income people? My city has tons of empty buildings just sitting around that makes me just so mad.
Colleges should only be allowed to enroll the numbers of students they’re able to house. Why is this any different?!
In fact, there are colleges that house 100% of their students. Often these are in remote areas or rural locations where off-campus housing was impractical or otherwise not available. Even after towns popped up around these places, they just kept the practice. These are typically private colleges.
So the student who lives at home can't go to college?
@@youtubesucks1499After proving that they live within a certain radius and have the means to travel to class, sure. You obviously don’t live near a college so haven’t seen this mess they’ve created due to lack of housing. This video doesn’t even address the mass amounts of low-paid workers colleges need to function and where they’re suppose to live.
@@Jackwagon You assume I don't. I do. I know what supply and demand is.
@@Jackwagon If a student is going to school in California, surely they know what housing cost. Lol.
The state is unliveable and these students with mobile housing are the lucky ones. I left CA in 2015 and hate going back to visit.
This point no one will be able to afford homes anymore, especially in California:/
That turned education into a commodity what did you expect
Wow! Crazy statistics. This is so sad. They should have the true college experience.
I’m in Cali , I’m slightly homeless. I own a home but I can’t afford to live in it, so I rent it out. I live in an illegal garage by pure grace . I almost had nothing when I lost my vehicle in a car accident. Cali is rough and the drug addiction is getting worse around me 😢
This is one of the reasons why I never continued my education after high school. Being able to go to college is so stupidly expensive there's no way I'd ever be able to pay for it, even 'with' a job. And I'm not a huge fan of being in debt for the rest of my life after graduating college :/
It’s just a big shame that society, community, nor government won’t support future generations of good smart motivated kids like here in this clip.
Good smart motivated kids? They need to help themselves.
I believe that California colleges should provide an area where students who attend there college can park.
Just like colleges have dorms, why can't colleges provide a parking spot that's well lit with a bathroom building with showers included for the students. These students pay expensive tuition to attend the college so why can't this be done.
Times are changing, students can't afford expensive form fees or expensive student apartments. Why can't colleges go with the changes and help these students who are living in there cars?
yeah i don't see why they don't let that. They could keep only college students that have this situation regulated by making it mandatory for minimum units. This is the same way FASFA awards students how much is based on if they're part time or full time, thus the rule isn't used inappropriately. I would recommend only csu or uc's as community college would be harder to do.
Some places have tried, but there is a safety and liability issue. But if you say, “Times are changing,” do you mean that we must accept the way things have become and concede that our only option is to let our students live in cars, and provide plumbing? That would be the easy thing to do, but I don’t think it’s the right thing to do.
Where are their parents?
There is no point in living in a state that will steal a large percentage of your living wage that could go towards a vehicle, home, and tour retirement funds.
Idk about California but I live in Toronto and when I went to school the student housing was not affordable at all, in fact it was probably more than the cost of average rent at the time, up on top of that I had to get a mandatory meal plan which cost an extra $2000.
This is sad
College tuition is out off control. If they are going to charge that much, housing should be included.
No way would I pay for school over shelter
America is broken. This is heartbreaking
Skid Row be damned, I guess homelessness not serious in CA until it affects “pretty”white kids?
Facts
"Pretty white kids" huh? Straight up racist remark.
According to van life girl, it has finally reached a level of humanitarian crisis
I'm 36, never married, homeless since the pandemic, and living in an old Toyota Sienna minivan now, despite working, and not addicted to drugs. Society is broken.
@@Network126 Pisses me off that MANY of our tax dollars go to fund wars and help illegal immigrants. Despite SO many of our own unhoused brothers and sisters that could use our help right here in our own country!
Lower tuition instead of just cancelling debt, stupid policies, stupid government, stupid politicians, democracy self destruction
Is it really cheaper to maintain an RV than to live in a dorm?
Who knows if their college educations will even pay off at the end of all this.
RV life is not homeless, it's better than renting a room.
The THING, they do need to fix is parking space.
And that likely should be free for students/employees.
It's messed up that the college is willing to accept the students'payment for tuition, but not allow them to park on campus. Every student is required to have their vehicle registered with the college in order to receive a parking permit; therefore, the college would be able to easily identify if a camper/van/bus parked on campus belonged to a student or just some other random homeless person, if they really felt the need to police the situation; they could easily shoo off those who weren't actually attending classes at that college, or any other college for that matter, in order to keep the overnight parking to a minimum.
It seems to me that the real issue for the college (s), is that, aside from being a "business" like any other, whose sole purpose is to make money, not necessarily educate, is that they don't want to endure a bad reputation for being an institution that charges exorbitant costs so that students cannot afford to go to school and keep a standard living situation at the same time. They care more about what this says about them as an institution rather than the well-being of the students. And/or, they would rather the students pay even more money on "student housing", than have the students living in their vehicles.
In fairness to the institution however, as a former college student and college employee, I can see where the college might be concerned about liability issues if they do not have overnight security patrolling the campus. I do know however what it's like to have become homeless while attending college and having to finish out a semester while living in my car, motels, and eventually the shelter-it's difficult. I can only say that the major issue we face as a culture as it relates to this topic, aside from the high cost of education, is the outrageous cost of living as it pertains to affordable housing for all.
Brad looks so sad.
You could hear the hopelessness in his voice.
Living in an RV is not homeless!! Why do this story?? it’s not like they’re living in tents or sleeping on side of the road. My friend Mom lived in an RV for about four years so that means she was homeless too?
If you have a place to stay your not homeless
The root cause of these homelessness issue is very simple. Not enough housing. Why do we not have enough? Because people make it difficult to build. They will protest, delay, pass all kinds of laws to prevent new housing development. There is plenty of storage facilities, those have no issue getting built, but if you want to build an apartment complex of the same size in the same area, the neighbors will do everything to block it.
We have plenty of vacant commercial space, lots of big box stores and malls shutdown, plenty of parking lots and parking structures mostly empty for years and years. Why can't we build there. Because of zoning laws and minimum parking requirements.
I agree, every city in every state has empty buildings and lots.
I'd be worried about the woman on the bus late night😢
I'll be damned if would live in a car working a job . Rather quit and be a real bum . At least no work stress
There is a way for the policy maker to do something about it.
Those camper vans looks cozy for students. Better than the uni accommodation. But why can’t they park on the uni campus?
It doesn't seem difficult for universities to build apartments as dormitories and supply them to students, but I'd like to know why the university foundation is not interested in this. I want to share the values of the society in which schools live together with students. from korea.
Nothing wrong to live in an RV especially when you are a student !
Why can’t they just live on campus or have the university help them finebhouaing
TAX THESE COLLEGES WITH BILLION DOLLAR ENDOWMENTS
You have more than people on the streets.
misleading. They are Technically in housed but practically they are not homeless. Possible solutions for these students are very different from students who have to fight for shelter beds, find a couch or park bench to crash on. A reasonable solution would be to create a designated area for students in RV or campers and celebrate their resourcefulness.
It's overcrowded in CA what do you expect guys, move somewhere less popular
Arnt there doorms in a afordable price?
Of course not
No
No dorms, and if there were, they wouldn’t really be affordable.
Most students would get loans that pay for housing, or live at home, or share a rented space. Basically loans were the only way to get an education. I'd be curious if these students have done that, why or why not.
Is that a captain’s hat?
It’s either you’re homeless or you go to AA and meet the men you ‘reminded someone of’ so that’s your life
Should have put the spotlight on actual homeless students, ya know, ones without actual shelter, not people that choose to live this way.
They should not have to deal with that when having to focus on studies!
Make housing affordable, it’s not fair those students
Wait, living in your own RV does not = homeless. These students are wisely not racking up their debt. But the college s SHOULD provide RV sites.
Wow
Tough times for sure. Go to college and get a degree that will get give you an opportunity for work. Nothing is guaranteed, but do your homework. Colleges should hand out MREs. No joke here.
It’s a life choice that people make. I made a choice of not finishing college because of the cost, but I am doing well financially because of the choices I made. Most students can attend colleges closer to their home where they were raised to lessen the cost.
It's easy for you to say because you've never been in that position. This country is missing empathy so much that it's gross. How about they are human beings first instead of being condescending when you don't know what happened that got them there. Your situation is yours. Life isn't a 1 size fits all
Agreed. First 2 years go to a cheap school, even a community college and then the last 2 years if you did well go a bigger school. Many college degrees won't get you a good job, unless it's something like a doctor or lawyer. Have to question if college is even worth the 40 years you'll be paying student debt. Is that special job from going to college going to be worth it in the long run. Maybe better to learn a trade. Just thoughts to condiser.
There are always options but in some cases, if your serious there may only be a few colleges that will offer the degree you need. Sometimes You have to be willing to leave home in order to succeed
@@DiFinnito be a lawyer you have to get a bachelor's degree first, then go to law school. Same with Medical doctors and advanced Nursing degrees. But yeah, the first two years can be at a community College, shop around for cheaper options
What about the parents???
For one, these students aren't children, they are young adults but...their parents may not be able to help enough financially and I'm sure the parents don't live close enough to the college