The University of California – Los Angeles is planning to offer low-cost housing options to “disadvantaged students” such as illegal immigrants, The Daily Bruin reported Monday.
The housing project is open to all students but the university will reserve spaces for specific student groups under the Bruin Resource Center including undocumented students, former foster youth and veterans, interim vice chancellor of student affairs Monroe Gorden Jr. told The Daily Bruin.
The “Pamilya House Initiative” is partnering with Residence Life & Housing at UCLA and they say illegal immigrant students will be prioritized according to their form. “Undocumented Students Promoting Advancement, Retention, and Community” (USPARC) and “Providing Access to Higher Success for Undocumented Students” (PATH for US) are the undocumented student advocacy groups who are working to secure this housing.
“While undocumented students will have priority, other UCLA students will be able to select this higher density housing option as well,” the Pamilya House Initiative says.
Although it is unclear how students will be selected, the Pamilya House Initiative says that their form is intended to identify the “high-need” students.
An existing university-owned building would be renovated to accommodate more than 200 students and would cost each student about $450 to $590 per month. UCLA is looking to create a scholarship-type program to subsidize the housing and reward students for their service to the community.
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