<p>Thanks, Kender for finding the story. Upon rereading it, I see that he did not lose his housing in the last few weeks of the school year. It appears as though he showed up and said, “need housing, have no money”. There are kids and families that have it their heads that a school would come up with the money if a that happens. </p>
<p>I know some kids who ended up living on friends’ sofas after housing did not work out for them and they ran out of money to pursue other alternatives. They’ve all been kids who went off campus–the ones I’ve known, my son being one of them. He luckily was able to find a dorm room–a quad when his off campus house (that I told him was a bad idea) was pretty much condemned when a huge snow storm hit. It definitely became uninhabitable and inaccessible. I had had him on await list at the dorms and he cleared it at that time, so got a bed in there. So much for off campus that year, but he did it again senior year making a wiser choice, and that worked out. </p>
<p>Some end up taking huge loans, getting their parents to co sign when this happened. My friend’s D was pretty much living in her car when she finally got some horrible loan that allowed her to get a room. Parents co signed it.</p>