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Boston City Council members met Tuesday inside City Hall to discuss issues such as overcrowded student housing. SCREENSHOT COURTESY BOSTON CITY COUNCIL

City Council, Inspectional Services explore changes to student housing ordinance

Weihua Li October 5, 2015

In an effort to make student housing safer, Boston City Council met Thursday to consider revising the “No More Than Four” zoning amendment that prohibits more than four undergraduate students from...

An April 9 report from the City of Boston's Department of Neighborhood Development, Inspectional Services Department, and the Boston Redevelopment Authority outlined goals to place more students in on-campus housing. PHOTO BY NICKI GITTER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU follows city-wide trends, boasts high number of students living on campus

Katherine Merwin April 16, 2015

More on-campus housing is available to Boston college students than before, according to the first-ever comprehensive report  on trends in student housing released by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh's office...

The Dean of Students office spoke with students on Jan. 21 about the plans of Boston officials to inspect off-campus student housing for violations. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City to begin inspection of off-campus housing residences

Samantha J. Gross January 29, 2015

After receiving addresses for local college students living off-campus, the City of Boston will send inspection officers to examine off-campus residences in the upcoming weeks for code violations, such...

As a result of the Allston apartment fire in 2013 that killed Boston University student Binland Lee, unsafe living conditions in the neighborhood are being investigated. PHOTO BY ALLIE WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Off-campus housing proves dangerous for Boston students

Adrian Baker September 4, 2014

When Nick Dragonetti moved into his Allston apartment at the beginning of September, he saw first-hand the issues that several Boston University students encounter when they live off campus. “There...

Looking Back, Looking Forward: News Coverage Preview

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2014

Campus News The 2013-14 academic year at Boston University has been marked by significant change. From the way the university looks to the way it is run, from the creation of new programs to the tragic...

Memorial for deceased CAS student disappears

Daily Free Press Admin May 1, 2014

On the anniversary of Boston University student Binland Lee’s death in an Allston apartment fire last April, friends and family assembled a memorial Monday where the blaze that took her life broke out....

Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp encourages BU graduates to help others

Daily Free Press Admin May 19, 2013

Before a teeming crowd of Boston University’s newest alumni, Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp urged graduates of the Class of 2013 to use their educations to change the world for the better. “Today,...

Fatal Allston fire caused by smoking materials

Daily Free Press Admin May 5, 2013

Officials have identified careless disposal of smoking materials as the cause of the April 28 Allston house fire that killed a Boston University student and injured 15 others. The three-alarm fire at...

Victim of Allston fire remembered as personable, driven to change world

Daily Free Press Admin April 30, 2013

College of Arts and Sciences senior Binland Lee was dedicated to enacting change and imbuing love in the world despite its flaws, said her boyfriend Elbert Kim. “Her passion was the greater good,”...

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