Point Park University students face new off-campus housing mandate for 2027-28 school year

Students at Point Park University in Downtown Pittsburgh said school officials recently revealed a new mandate changing who can live in on-campus housing. It's leaving those same students with more questions than answers.Junior Molly Fircak thought she had her housing all figured out. From the time she took a tour, she said she was told she could live on campus for all her years at school."I thought, you know, they had the dorms. It was a small school. Everything would be fine, and now we're looking at commuting," Fircak said.Now, she's not sure that will be the case when she's a senior next fall."It becomes really, really nerve-wracking and really scary to have to figure out," Fircak said.Fircak said she and the rest of the student body received an email from school leadership on Halloween saying, in part, "With the university's requirement that first- and second-year students live on campus, we anticipate that campus housing will reach full capacity for the fall 2027 semester. As a r