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The Criterion

The Student News Site of Colorado Mesa University

The Criterion

The rent at this downtown apartment is listed at $2,000 for 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 
Some have been struggling to find affordable housing and the outlook is grim based on availability..

HUSTLING FOR HOUSING

Martin Grajalez-Florez, Staff Writer November 15, 2024

The housing and rental market in Grand Junction is horrible. Too many people, including myself, are realizing it is harder and harder to find a place to live. Finding an apartment in this city has been...

The truth about living off campus

Mallory Wolf September 4, 2017

If there was a Venn diagram for living on and off campus, the similarities section would look mostly empty, much like your bank account. The cost of living for Sloan Tucker, a 20-year-old sophomore, is...

Home sweet off-campus home

Jared Rouse April 2, 2017

So the time has come to move out of the dorms and into an apartment or house off campus. What do you look for? Should it be close to campus? Should you look for a three bedroom house and find roommates...

Home sweet home, if by home you mean a box

Tyler Fransen March 12, 2017

I am very privileged to say that I have been given great opportunities in life, and that I’m in a good spot to hopefully find a job after college. That said, in my quest to find a living space for...

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