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Enrollment in Maine's community colleges is up 12% since the state created a free tuition program. That has brought with it a greater demand for housing in an increasingly expensive rental market, Hobbs said.
Maine legislators are eyeing a potential addition of on-campus housing to the state's seven community colleges.
Hobbs said on-campus housing "should be more accessible to all students, so that finding off-campus housing is not added to the list of challenges students already face."
Maine's community college system has seven colleges and serves about 17,000 students.
Finding living arrangements has become a struggle for many college students around the country due to rent hikes and housing shortages.