TTN Video: Living far off campus

City universities are unwelcome pariahs who gentrify and litter as they go, or economic saviors who enhance a neighborhood, depending on whom you ask. As with most controversies, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

The university views the properties as expanded development opportunities to “activate Broad Street.”

Two Temple students share their stories about housing insecurity, an issue that affected almost half of college students last year.