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Opposition to City of Lowell Zoning Ordinance

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Rana Nashi
7 years ago

They are not taking it away from students of my college.

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Stephenson Simms
7 years ago

This is silly and we will not stand for this.

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Kayla
7 years ago

This will hurt UML. This will make it even harder for students. This cannot happen.

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Brigit Schroeder
7 years ago

This is terrible for students! Please make the school more accessible and not impossible to attend!

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William Dorion
7 years ago Featured

UML does not have enough on campus living, or convenient on campus living to oppose students from living off campus. Most north campus majors will be forced to commute if they cannot live off campus.

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Mike dodd
7 years ago

This is absurd

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Anonymous
7 years ago

Where else are they supposed to go? There isn’t nearly enough dorms for the amount of students enrolled

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Anonymous
7 years ago

Please no

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Kerri Stolberg
7 years ago

Off campus housing is usually much more affordable for students than dorms. It also gives students a head start on living with other students and managing bills before they graduate college.

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Sarah Lorraine Hofmann
7 years ago

give us housing, it's already hard enough to find apartments

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Lowell Property and Business Group Lowell, MA · petition starter
7 years ago

We have been told by the UML POLICE that there are only 1 to 2 complaints a MONTH reported to them. With 19,000 expected students next years, that is pretty impressive! I’m sure the city police log of non student complaints is much higher.

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Lowell Property and Business Group Lowell, MA · petition starter
7 years ago

Could you please contact one of us? We appreciate your support. Thank you!

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Christian Kelly
7 years ago

This is absurd where do you expect the students to live?

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Jason Arnaud
7 years ago Featured

This is idiotic. Nobody will choose UMass lowell as school if there's limited housing to only what they can fit on campus for four years worth of students. Ultimately the city will loose out on a massive amount of revenue in total. Surprised this is even up to vote

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Andre DiFilippo
7 years ago Featured

As the President of the Student Government Association, and effectively the undergraduate student body at UMass Lowell, I am wholeheartedly against any initiative that reduces the number of off-campus housing options for students. Myself and other student leaders are committed to making sure this does not go through.

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Samuel Barooshian
7 years ago

With so many 3 and 4 bedroom appartments in Lowell, I could see only 2 reasons this legislation would be proposed. First someone may be trying to manipulate the renting market, causing rental rates for students and low income individuals to be increased potentially prohibitably so. Second this may be a someone trying to reduce the number of parties, considering the number of students around. I find this reason to be I'll conceived as it would only spread out the student base causing the 'party scene' to spread out reaching deeper into other residential districts. As to reducing the number of parties I doubt there would be any significant change and could possibly increase the frequency because of the spread population of students.

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Gregory Mahan
7 years ago

This amendment to the definition of a household will destroy the ability for students and young working professionals to live in the city of Lowell.

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Brian Shaw
7 years ago

This is literally discrimination

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John David Przesiek
7 years ago

This is gross 75% of students live off campus

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John przesiek
7 years ago

THIS IS FOUL