<p>Evil housing and dining people! they are raising breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner up by 25 cents each, but still the same 2500points a year.</p>
<p>Dinner is 7.25 now, and last year was 7.00 according to their site.</p>
<p>Why are the prices rising? dorm prices also going up $1k more- it's almost 2x than the cost of the educational fees (for clark kerr it really will be 2x more).</p>
<p>According to the poverty wages flyers for the custodians, housing and dining made $2 million in profit last year.</p>
<p>yeah, i didn't realize how overpriced campus housing was until i started looking at apartments. $12,000 for two semesters in a unit 1 (old) double indeed! Not to mention $70/semester for a phone i only use to receive SF Chronicle telemarketer calls.</p>
<p>Don't blame capitalism. Blame the socialist whackjobs that sit on the Berkeley rent board. Actually, it goes hand in hand too with the rising costs of the university and a myriad of other economic prinicples. But the Rent Controls in Berkeley are a joke.</p>
<p>$1750/month for a not-so-nice two bedroom apartment. Sad.</p>
<p>I'm looking into the co-ops too (year after next year), but I heard they will also raise $1k soon for ALL co-opers because of a remodeling of the central kitchen.</p>
<p>I don't think I've referred to you with the word "troll," but you often embody the idea. </p>
<p>Most certainly you're correct to some extent- the university provides a certain number of students around the area, and they need someplace to live.</p>
<p>Most people's facts seem to be "different versions of the truth." I don't think you were trolling, unlimited. Ew, I just used the word "trolling." May I do it rarely if ever again.</p>
<p>Nearly everyone dislikes D/H Services. The housing prices for next year are absolutely ridiculous. The real injustice is that for people with scholarship money, housing/board costs are NOT tax exempt, while tuition and req'd fees ARE exempt, so the cost distribution screws you out of money. </p>
<p>If you look at the cost of a place like a double in a suite at clark kerr, its incredibly overpriced.
Cost per student- approx $14,500
Cost per student, only housing- approx $12,000
Cost per student, per month- approx $1,333
Cost per month for suite (total - 4 students)- approx $5,333
Total cost for suite (2 semesters - 4 students)- approx $48,000</p>
<p>Over 5k a month for one of those dumps? They dont have adequate lighting, they have whitewashed walls, and they have all kinds of problems... sorry D/H but those slums simply are not worth over 5k per month. What a tremendous ripoff.</p>
<p>No of course not, I'm just making a broad statement. In general, the people I have talked to about D/H services do indeed have some major gripes about it. They arent that bad, but certain things, including their prices are just scams. I will give them credit for improving their food though.</p>