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Can I crash? U-M students scramble as apartments unfinished

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Posted at 12:38 PM, Aug 24, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-24 12:38:36-04

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of students at the University of Michigan could be couch surfing when the new school year begins next Monday.

A developer admits that The One, a new apartment complex in Ann Arbor, is behind schedule and won’t be ready until September.

Trinitas Ventures says students have been offered a hotel room or cash stipend until their apartments are ready.

Students also can break their lease.

The developer says the project has been slowed by the pandemic, labor shortages and a delay in getting key construction materials.

Students say the unfinished housing is creating “immense mental anguish.”