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Opinion: Austin Finally Bans Windowless Rooms For College Students

This article was originally published in The Conversation. In the past few years, the city of Austin, Texas, has approved the construction of thousands of windowless rooms in new apartment buildings ...
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Windowless dorm rooms are proliferating, exacerbating a growing student mental health crisis. They should be banned.

“Did you know that many UT students are renting windowless rooms in the brand-new buildings in West Campus?” I have asked many architects in Austin this question. Most of them answer with a mix of ...
WUNC

Austin, Texas, is looking to ban building windowless bedrooms

Have you ever lived in a bedroom without a window? They're not rare, especially in student housing, including in Austin, Texas, where developers have built thousands of them. But as Audrey McGlinchy ...
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Sunlight in your bedroom could become a luxury as cities debate allowing landlords to rent windowless rooms in former office buildings to alleviate the housing crisis

Housing advocates are debating whether windowless bedrooms are the solution to the housing crisis. A severe housing shortage and empty office buildings has prompted some to call for loosening ...
The Nation

We Cannot Countenance Windowless Bedrooms

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Los Angeles Times

Why I resigned at UC Santa Barbara over a dorm design from a billionaire that has windowless rooms

UC Santa Barbara has embarked on the development of a massive dormitory to house 4,500 students in a single, 11-story building. The project is being funded by a donor, Charles Munger, who is solely ...