Across the country, universities are stewarding aging housing assets that remain central to student life but increasingly difficult to maintain amid competing capital priorities. This session reframes deferred maintenance not as inevitability, but as a strategic decision point.
Panelists will explore how nonprofit and alternative ownership structures can enable institutions to reinvest in existing housing, address accumulated maintenance needs, and establish disciplined long-term capital planning without full privatization or undue balance-sheet pressure.
The discussion will examine how universities can responsibly access capital, protect mission alignment, and preserve affordability while modernizing essential residential infrastructure.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of governance, financing, and stewardship models that allow institutions to move from reactive repairs to proactive asset management.