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Can College Students Afford to Live in Madison?

Can College Students Afford to Live in Madison?

Update: 2025-11-11
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What did Jane Austen say? It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a student in pursuit of a UW-Madison education, must be in want of affordable housing. Or something like that. As most Madisonians know, the rent is getting too damn high in our little hamlet and finding affordable housing can feel near impossible. When did it get so bad, and what are students doing to get by? Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History and co-host of the Reorientation podcast, joins host Bianca Martin to talk about the new season of Reorientation, which tackles the complicated history of UW campus housing. 


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Can College Students Afford to Live in Madison?

Can College Students Afford to Live in Madison?

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