**To both current and prospective students of California State University of Sacramento,**

On Aug 21, 2025, President Luke Wood [announced](https://www.youtube.com/live/kl4wE8uM0vs?si=yu91lfcBgfwJoK5w&t=4544) that beginning Fall 2026, incoming students will now face a two-year live-in requirement.

President Wood would have you believe that this new policy is being implemented as a means of addressing humanitarian concerns of housing and serving unhoused students. 

*It is not.*

This is an attempt by University leadership to recoup the losses of mismanaged funds that number in the billions. The CSU systems current sits over $10 billion in debt and just recently took on another loan of $144 million to account for a 3% reduction in state funding. As of writing this, the Chancellery has yet to explain how it plans to repay such money in under a year. 

Understand that student housing is not free. The cost for a single academic year comes to around $15,000. Generally speaking, Sac State has around 4,000 freshmen enrolled at any given time. 

*In a single year, this new requirement would total to around $60 million a year and would add $30,000 to the cost of attending Sacramento State for freshmen students.* 

In a two-year period, this comes up to around $120 million, assuming the cost of student housing does not increase as a result of the increased demand. 

**I merely wish that those reading this ask themselves a very simple question;**

*Can you, as a student afford to pay an extra $15,000 each year? Can you afford to take on an extra $30,000 in debt?*



New 'Live-In Requirement' could cost new students as much $15k a year.