The Riverside Community College District and the University of California, Riverside celebrated the groundbreaking for the RCCD/UCR Joint North District Phase 2 housing project with a groundbreaking last November.

 

Secured with $126 million funding from the state, the collaborative effort aims to enhance housing opportunities and streamline the transition into the UC system for RCCD students.

 

Wolde-ab Isaac, Ph.D., chancellor of the Riverside Community College District underscored the groundbreaking's importance by acknowledging the challenges faced by students in the region.

 

"Just this past year, 20 percent of community college students and 10 percent of four-year students reported being homeless at some point during the 2022 academic year,” Isaac said. “Today's groundbreaking ceremony is unique in many ways, not only because a community college and a UC are jointly building student housing inside the UC space…but it's also unique because it's meticulously and intentionally designed to break persistent, cultural and psychological barriers that many of our first-generation students experience."

 

The $340 million project will provide 1,568 beds in North District Phase 2, with an anticipated occupancy date of 2025.