{"id":53324,"date":"2026-09-08T16:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=53324"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:49:20","slug":"acc-featured-nationally-for-innovative-approach-to-student-housing-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/09\/08\/acc-featured-nationally-for-innovative-approach-to-student-housing-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Featured Nationally for Innovative Approach to Student Housing Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College District (ACC) is featured in <em>Community College Daily <\/em>for its work supporting students&#8217; basic needs. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccdaily.com\/2026\/08\/student-housing-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Student Housing Solutions\u2019<\/a>, explores how community colleges across the country are tackling student housing insecurity to keep students enrolled and thriving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the article, Christie Curtis, ACC director of Basic Needs Outreach, discusses the College\u2019s unique, partnership-driven strategy designed to connect students with safe, affordable living options while removing non-academic barriers to completion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key highlights from the article:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leveraging strategic partnerships. <\/strong>Rather than acting as property developers, ACC partners with community organizations like Housing Connector to offer flexible, real-world solutions, including a tailored Zillow-powered housing search tool for students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Targeting non-academic barriers.<\/strong> ACC\u2019s data reveals that 55% of its students experience housing insecurity, making direct support\u2014such as the Student Emergency Fund, where housing is the number one request.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delivering real-world student success. <\/strong>The piece spotlights May 2026 graduate Elisha MacGregor, whose academic path was saved by emergency housing assistance after a house fire, enabling her to complete her associate degrees and transfer to St. Edward\u2019s University on a full scholarship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccjournal-digital.com\/ccjournal\/library\/item\/august_september_2026\/4356928\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full Community College Daily article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) is featured in Community College Daily for its work supporting students&#8217; basic needs. The article \u2018Student Housing Solutions\u2019, explores how community colleges across the country are tackling student housing insecurity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/09\/08\/acc-featured-nationally-for-innovative-approach-to-student-housing-insecurity\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":53325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4158,3557,4444],"class_list":["post-53324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","tag-basic-needs","tag-community-college-daily","tag-student-housing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53326,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53324\/revisions\/53326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}