UW unveils proposal to build new dorms

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<p>Here is the update:</p>

<p>[Local</a> News | UW Regents approve fee hike for new dorms | Seattle Times Newspaper](<a href=“The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.”>The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.)</p>

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The University of Washington Board of Regents voted this afternoon to begin collecting money from student-housing fees to pay for an ambitious program of building new dorms and apartments.</p>

<p>UW housing officials have proposed an $850 million plan to build a series of new six-story dorm and apartment buildings and to renovate existing dorms. Thursday’s vote doesn’t commit regents to specifics, but does allow them to start building a bank account for the overall plan.</p>

<p>Students getting the basic bed-and-food plan in the dorms will see an increase in rates of $246 per academic year, from $6,138 to $6,384 effective July 1. That increase includes both regular cost hikes and the new building fee.

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<p>Hmmm, you are right about Tim’s law. May be they are exempt.</p>