Post-secondary students at P.E.I. institutions are moving into their dorms and off-campus housing this week, and while there may be more spaces for them, there are still cost concerns.
“I had to search a lot in… Kijiji and Facebook Marketplace. Finally, after searching for a long time, I got a roommate. So we’re [paying] $450 each for one room,” said Saru Bun, a Holland College architectural technology student from Nepal.
“We have to adjust, right? Because there’s nothing else we can do.”
Bun said the cost to live on her own on Prince Edward Island is actually more expensive than it was in Brampton, Ont., where she used to live.
Accommodation prices were a common concern among the new and returning students CBC News spoke with over the past couple of days.
But at least finding a place to live is easier than it’s been in the past.
It used to be more difficult to get into a residence at UPEI, but a new building that opened last year means hundreds more rooms are available.
The new residence includes two towers of apartments that account for 360 of the university’s 813 on-campus bed spaces, UPEI said in a statement Thursday.
