Off-Campus Apartment Leases Down for Fall 2021: Investor Impact?

At the start of the pandemic lockdown back in March 2020, many privately owned student housing communities stayed open while the campuses themselves shut down and administrators told students to go home. As schools quickly pivoted to online learning for the remainder of the spring semester, many students continued to pay for their student housing, WealthManagement.com reported. Students were also eager to sign on -- and keep paying rent -- for fall 2020, even though that semester was a mixed bag for college life.