The price is so good that Schawel, like a lot of college students, is willing to pay three months' rent while she goes home to the Bay Area for the summer. If I don't, I'll have to live somewhere far away. Corinne Crawford knows that Schawel is right. The Manderley Property Services rental agent, who is showing the Danish Chalet apartment, has spent the last month taking scores of applications, interspersed with angry calls from parents. This rental frenzy used to be limited to the last few days of summer vacation.
College students are hip to the housing crunch.
They know in the fall it's desperation time. The census figures, coupled with Cal Poly's recent announcement of a larger enrollment, only add to the concern. The tightness of the San Luis Obispo market is pushing students out of town. Crawford says Los Osos is the second choice. The students may not have luck there, either.