And of course the Texas Tribune takes the most liberal slant. It's all a matter of equity, you see.
That said, the ordinance sucks for students. And the bid to fine them for everything is getting out of hand. The Aggieland Board has a thread on motorcycle cops watching intersections and pulling over anyone who touches their cellphone at the light. Another thread on charging for public parking on public streets ($25) during the summer George Straight concert at Kyle Field and the Brazil vs. Mexico soccer game.
So yeah the city is on a money grabbing binge bigly. Kinda makes me overlook the liberal Trib stance.
That said, the ordinance sucks for students. And the bid to fine them for everything is getting out of hand. The Aggieland Board has a thread on motorcycle cops watching intersections and pulling over anyone who touches their cellphone at the light. Another thread on charging for public parking on public streets ($25) during the summer George Straight concert at Kyle Field and the Brazil vs. Mexico soccer game.
So yeah the city is on a money grabbing binge bigly. Kinda makes me overlook the liberal Trib stance.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/17/texas-am-student-housing-affordability/Quote:
For three years in college, Texas A&M University student Ethan Tan lived in houses near campus with six roommates, each of them paying about $400 a month in rent. Tan, a graduating senior, said that low cost saved him from having to take out more loans and pick up long work shifts, which would've barred him from participating in some of the leadership opportunities he took at school.
But starting in June, College Station will enforce an occupancy ordinance that prohibits more than four unrelated people from renting a single-family unit together and students in housing arrangements such as Tan's will be liable to fines similar to parking tickets.
While a version of the rule has already existed in the city for around a century, it had remained largely unenforced. The push for some kind of enforcement started about two years ago amid simmering tensions between A&M students living in single-family units near campus and homeowners in those neighborhoods.
The friction not only highlights how college students have increasingly struggled with housing costs but also the challenges cities across Texas face when trying to balance homeowners' concerns with the need to provide affordable housing.
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