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Here’s What Happens When UC Berkeley Students Try to ‘Hack’ the Housing Crisis

After a semester studying housing, transit and other issues plaguing the Bay Area, a group of UC Berkeley students has some unexpected solutions. Free buses, anyone? How about a podcast on homelessness?
Blum Center
May 7, 2019
1 min
BERKELEY, CA - MAY 2: Pratik Sachdeva, James Martin and Lucas Duffy, from left, present their final project focused on affordable housing "Slipping Through the Cracks" in their Hacking 4 Local class at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., on May 2, 2019. The class encourages student to use a startup mindset to solve real world local problems. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

After a semester studying housing, transit and other issues plaguing the Bay Area, a group of UC Berkeley students has some unexpected solutions. Free buses, anyone? How about a podcast on homelessness?

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