NMHC Research Report Examines What Today’s Students Want In Their Off-Campus Rental Housing

Michael Tucker, 202/974-2360, mtucker@nmhc.org

September 27, 2007

“WASHINGTON, DC” Off-campus student housing is one of the apartment industry’s most important niche markets as many of the nation’s 75 million “Echo Boomers” head to college and overwhelm on-campus housing inventories. To help firms better understand the needs of this market, the National Multi Housing Council has published a new research report titled What Do Students Want?. Based on focus groups with students at nine universities, the report explores what students look for when selecting an off-campus apartment.

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