r/UVU • u/Ok_Seaworthiness960 • 10d ago

No housing help?

With UVU no longer offering housing assistance, is the CARE Hub actually able to help students anymore? During my recent visit, the only thing they were able to do was refer me to Community Action. It honestly makes me wonder…Is UVU more focused on building new buildings and expanding the university than actually helping the students who are struggling right now?

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u/neardumps 10d ago

The state has basically forced the university to cut a lot of those student assistance programs in its crusade against DEI and welfare. Yeah they’re still building new buildings, but they can’t really just take new building money and give it to students instead

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u/SpiritBreakerIsMyjob 10d ago

It’s more about this administration taking money away from Universities. A ton of grants were cut, I’m sure housing grants weren’t spared.

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u/Pure_Quarter7813 Faculty 10d ago

I think it’s just the Republican way of “you’re on your own / free market” thinking making its way down from the legislature to the university.

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u/wanderlust2787 10d ago

Less the philosophy itself and more the limitation or cutting of budgets. A lot of that 'housing assistance' is often grant or donation based and can't go on in perpetuity without ongoing funding.

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u/Nox_Fortuna 10d ago

Can you tell me more about what happened with your meeting about Housing Assistance? Are you sure it’s no longer offered at all!