As tuition costs keep climbing, housing is just another expense that many students have to worry about when leaving home for college. Finding affordable housing in today’s market can be a serious challenge, especially when the University of Oregon requires first-year students to live on campus. But don’t worry too much — there are options for everyone.

Dorm life can be fun, but it can also be challenging. As a former student myself, it was a pretty formative experience for me to live among other college students, almost all of whom are taking that first step into independence. You don’t have to cook, you have a small space to keep clean and you’re almost always less than 10 minutes away from your classes.

That being said, it’s small, expensive and college students can get rowdy. “You can

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