{"id":19496,"date":"2019-11-06T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?p=19496"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:56:08","slug":"partnering-to-combat-student-housing-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2019\/11\/06\/partnering-to-combat-student-housing-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnering to Combat Student Housing Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"
November 5, 2019<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Lea Hart<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

In 2017, NC State University psychology professor Mary Haskett published a\u00a0research study<\/a>\u00a0with some unsettling findings: 14 percent of NC State students had experienced food insecurity over the previous 30 days and 10 percent had experienced homelessness or housing insecurity.<\/p>\n

In the time since, Haskett has been on a mission. Together with Sarah Wright,\u00a0TRIO<\/a>\u00a0academic coach at the university, she co-chairs the Pack Essentials Steering Committee, established in fall 2017 to work toward a range of solutions for supporting these students.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a challenge that the larger community and our alumni want to solve,\u201d Haskett said. \u201cThey know these students are doing everything right and everything they possibly can to get their degree \u2013 the least we can do is step up.\u201d<\/p>\n

As their work continued, Haskett received a grant from the NC State University Foundation for the 2018-2019 academic year to develop an approach to student housing insecurity. A group of campus and community members met throughout the year, gathering examples from other universities, reviewing literature on homelessness and interviewing affected students on campus.<\/p>\n

Three subcommittees were formed to address:<\/p>\n