Students stuck in housing contracts amid pandemic

Students stuck in housing contracts amid pandemic

HOME TONIGHT.AS COLLEGES PREPARE TO KICKOFF THE FALL SEMESTER ..

MANYSTUDENTS ARE LEFT FIGHTING TOGET OUT OF THEIR LEASES.WMAR-2 NEWS MALLORY SOFASTAIIIS HELPING YOU REBOUND.

STELLS US ABOUT STUDENT EFFORTSTO GET REFUNDS AFTER MANYSCHOOLS SWITCHED TO ONLINELEARNING.THESE STUDENTS SIGNEDCONTRACTS BACK IN FEBRUARY &BEFORE ANYONE HAD ANY KIND OFIDEA OF THE IMPACT THECORONAVIRUS WOULD HAVE.

NOWMANY DONDONBEING TOLD THEY WILL NOTRECEIVE A REFUND.

THE MOVEMENTSTARTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OFMARYLAND.

STUDENTS WITH LEASAT SOUTH CAMPUS COMMONS ANDCOURTYARDS COMMUNITIES TOLDTHEYHOOK UNLESS THEY FIND SOMEONEELSE TO RE-LEASE THEIR UNITHannah Aalemansour, senior,UMD: 5:36 no onecome and take my lease becausequite frankly, a lot ofstudents donliving in this situation whentheir classes are all onlineand they have no reason to beon campus and itfrankly a health issue, not amonetary issue :1* OVER2-THOUSAND SIGNED THE PETITION& BUT SO FARMARYLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCORPORATION (MEDCO) ... ANDMANAGER -- CAPSTONE ON- CAMPUSMANAGEMENT (COCM) HAVE NOTBUDGED.

AND RIGHT UP 95SIMILAR SITUATION IS PLAYINGOUT AT TOWSON UNIVERSITY.Debbie Depuy: 4:43 welooking at $8,866 SCOTT ANDDEBBIE DEPUYSUPPOSED TO BE LIVING IN THEPACA HOUSE ..

BUT MADE THEDECISION TO HAVE HER STAY HOMEScott Depuy: 5:16 it justwasnfamily to do and our daughterto do to go sit in a dorm roomand do online school :06 LIKEUMD STUDENTSCAPSTONE ON CAMPUS MANAGEMENTABOUT TERMINATING THE LEASE ..AND WERE DENIED.

MEANWHILE ..STUDENTS LIVING ON-CAMPUS INUNIVERSITY-OWNED HOUSING &HAVE RECEIVED A MUCH DIFFERENTANSWER& SD: 3:56 towson isbeing very lenient in lettingstudents out of theircontracts, they really justhave to do the paperwork andfine theyobligation.

THE MARYLANDECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCORPORATION HAS SAID THEY ARE“unable to release studentsdue to its obligations to bondholders, vendors and otherentities, as well as not beingeligible for any of thefederal relief programscurrently available” ANDBECAUSE PACA AND TUBMAN HOUSESAS WELL AS OTHER MEDCOPROPERTIES AT OTHER MARYLANDUNIVERSITIES AREPRIVATELY-OWNED & UNIVERSITIESAND THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OFMARYLAND HAVE SAID THEY CANNOTCOMPEL MEDCO NOR CAPSTONE TOPROVIDE FLEXIBILITY.

NOWPARENTS AND STUDENTS ARECALLING ON THE GOVERNORAPPOINTS MEDCODIRECTORS AND APPROVES ITSEXECUTIVE DIRECTORSOMETHING.

SD: 10:59 I wouldlike to see the governor andstate legislature cometogether and through theirbudgetary process just figureout how to accommodate thesebond holders for one or twosemesters and then we can moveforward and get back to normalsituation instead of placingthis financial burden onstudents and their families WEREACHED OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'SOFFICE BUT WERE REFERREDTHE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WHOREFERRED US BACK TO MEDCO.TOMORROW -- UMD STUDENTS PLANTO HOLD A CAR CARAVAN PROTESTIN ANNAPOLIS.

THEYCALLING ATTENTION TO THE FACTTHAT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ISREQUIRING MOST STUDENTS TOLIVE IN SINGLE OCCUPANCY ROOMSWHILE STUDENTS WITH LEASESHAVE TO LIVE 4 TO A UNIT.

THECAR CARAVAN WILL START AT THEANNAPOLIS MOTO PARK BY THEDOCKS AT 6 P-M THEN MAKE ITSWAY AROUND THE STATE HOUSE.IF YOU HAVE A MATTER FORMALLORY -- SHE WANTS TO