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EDITORIAL: Simplify Housing After Study Abroad

EDITORIAL: Simplify Housing After Study Abroad

By The Editorial Board March 14, 2025

For many Georgetown University students, studying abroad is a rite of passage, an opportunity to see new places, learn new languages and immerse themselves into new cultures. While this process naturally...

Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Georgetown University committed to introducing gender-inclusive housing for first-years this fall and will work to make it available for all undergraduates.

Georgetown Will Make Gender-Inclusive Housing Available to Class of 2028

By Maren Fagan, Senior News Editor June 10, 2024

Georgetown University will enhance its process of providing gender-inclusive housing, with a pilot program adding a question on gender-inclusive housing to students’ living preference surveys to begin...

Roundtable Discussion Marks Continued Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusive Housing

By Nola Goodwin February 23, 2024

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA), Queer People of Color (QPOC) and Georgetown University Pride (GU Pride) co-hosted the latest installment of ongoing talks about LGBTQ+ inclusive housing...

EDITORIAL: Reform Inadequate Isolation Policies

EDITORIAL: Reform Inadequate Isolation Policies

By The Editorial Board October 6, 2023

Simply put, we are not in a post-COVID-19 pandemic world.  Since Aug. 1, Georgetown University has tracked 409 reported cases of COVID-19. However, this number is likely an underestimate, according...

New Windows and HVAC System Installed in LXR

New Windows and HVAC System Installed in LXR

By Hayley Young September 1, 2023

Georgetown University recently renovated its LXR residential community with new windows and HVAC units, aiming to reduce emissions from air conditioning units. The project included the installation...

VIEWPOINT: Advocate for Sustainable Housing

VIEWPOINT: Advocate for Sustainable Housing

By Gautham Pillai, Gavin Nee, and Jamie Lee April 1, 2023

Bed bugs, infections and fear for safety.  These are some of the most frequent complaints about homeless shelters across the country. For this reason, many people experiencing homelessness opt...

Class of 2025 Students Express Concerns Over Housing Changes

Class of 2025 Students Express Concerns Over Housing Changes

By Julia Butler November 10, 2022

Students have voiced concerns about housing options for the 2023-24 academic year after Georgetown University announced a series of residential living changes.  The university announced these...

VIEWPOINT: Fight For Accessible Housing

VIEWPOINT: Fight For Accessible Housing

By Shreya Dudeja September 9, 2022

I’ve never had to fight this hard for my basic needs to be met.  On legal paper, Georgetown University’s “i’s” and “t’s” are appropriately dotted and crossed. Despite broken cobblestone...

Georgetown to Construct New Henle Village, Offer Increased Campus Housing

Georgetown to Construct New Henle Village, Offer Increased Campus Housing

By Caitlin McLean April 13, 2022

Georgetown University plans to construct a new undergraduate residential hall that will replace Henle Village — a series of apartment-style residential buildings — and increase housing capacity on...

GUSA Demands Free Summer Stability Housing in New Statement

GUSA Demands Free Summer Stability Housing in New Statement

By Liana Hardy May 6, 2021

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate demanded the university implement free summer stability housing and cheaper rates for non-stability summer housing in a statement released Sunday. FILE...

Changes in First-Year Residence Halls Cause Concern For Rising Sophomores

Changes in First-Year Residence Halls Cause Concern For Rising Sophomores

By Julia Kelly May 6, 2021

Georgetown University has shifted two previously upperclass residence halls to the first-year residential community, sparking frustration among rising sophomores concerned about their future housing options.  MAGGIE...

GU Report Highlights Predatory DC Eviction Practices

GU Report Highlights Predatory DC Eviction Practices

By Samantha Sinutko October 29, 2020

Twenty landlords executed nearly half of all eviction filings in the District of Columbia in 2018, according to a report published by Georgetown University graduate professors. Professors in the McCourt...

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