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While last year's housing crunch sent upperclassmen to live in freshman dorms and rented apartments, smaller classes, longer academic leaves, and a new housing program have lowered the 12 houses' population to 4590, said Housing Officer Lisa M. Colvin. The residential houses officially can accommodate 35 more students...
...Newton-based construction corporation will this spring begin construction on a building housing 90 luxury condominiums on the 25,000 sq. ft. lot across from Quincy House. Due to the housing crunch in the Square, the spacious condos will probably cost upwards of $4000 a month to rent when they are completed in about a year...
...numbers crunch among priests is not quite so severe. Resignations have slowed considerably since the period of 1966-74, when one out of seven -- 10,000 in all -- left the priesthood. Nonetheless, 44% of U.S. priests are 56 or older, compared with 26% in 1970, and they are not being replaced. Says Father Joseph Meehan of Philadelphia: "It's been an extremely long time since I talked to someone who was seriously considering the priesthood." Enrollment in postcollege seminaries has dropped from 8,887 in 1965 to the current 4,039. By the year 2000, one study predicts, there will...
...times for the construction of additional penitentiary space have helped spur the hunt for alternative prison sites. Corrections officials are also being prodded by judges: in 1986, at least 32 states were operating under court orders to reduce overcrowding in facilities. But an even bigger cause is the space crunch resulting from tougher sentences. "Until the public changes its mind on putting people away for long years, we're going to have a serious problem," predicts C. Paul Phelps, head of Louisiana's corrections department, which has 3,500 prisoners backed up in local jails awaiting space in state prisons...
Other North House renovations, however, havebeen delayed--but since they were never planned toaccomodate students for the fall semester, theywill not cause a housing crunch...