The Blum Center’s People’s Guide to UCSB’s Housing Crisis is featured in The New York Times. An October 25, 2026 article on the cost of attending the University of California cites the 85-page guide, which the Center published in 2024, in its account of student housing at UC Santa Barbara. The article reports that UCSB lists an all-in price of $50,946 this year for new in-state students living in a residence hall, and that housing, even in university-owned buildings, can cost students more than tuition and fees.

The article also features Nicole Meng, the Center’s student team leader, who describes the scramble UCSB students face each fall to find deposits, roommates and a place to live in Isla Vista. And it quotes Professor Gaye Theresa Johnson, Director of the Blum Center and Professor of Black Studies, on the university’s responsibility to house its students.

Read the article in The New York Times and explore the People’s Guide at guidetoucsbhousing.org.

Students in the Poverty, Inequality, and Social Justice (PISJ) Minor who plan to intern in Winter Quarter 2027 should complete the Internship Preparation Form by Monday, October 26 at 5pm. The Blum Center will hold Preview Info Sessions over Zoom from October 27 to 29, and on October 30 it will email the list of partner organizations and their postings to students who attended a session. Applications open Monday, November 2 and close Friday, November 13 at 5pm. Students may apply to up to five partner organizations, each with a one-page resume and a cover letter of up to two pages. Internships begin Monday, January 4. Students enroll in HIST/GLOBL/CHST 196SJ for 4 units. Full timeline and forms: blumcenter.ucsb.edu/academics/internship