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California community colleges push student housing as basic infrastructure, tout lease revenue bonds

California Community Colleges convening · February 9, 2026
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At a convening of student housing and basic-needs advocates, a speaker for the California Community Colleges framed affordable student housing as 'basic infrastructure' and highlighted lease revenue bonds as a financing tool that can help campuses design and build housing.

Unidentified Speaker opened a convening of student housing leaders and basic-needs advocates by stating the stakes plainly: "Look, we have known for a while that affordable housing is not a luxury. It's basic infrastructure like a classroom, a laboratory, or libraries." The speaker said California Community Colleges are stepping forward to meet that need and urged attendees to treat housing as central to…

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