A California community college and a nonprofit that assists displaced young adults are teaming up to open the state’s first housing development for students facing homelessness.

Experts say the project at Cerritos College could serve as a model for other institutions eager to address growing housing insecurities among their students.

International students who study in the United States are navigating an unprecedented situation. Not only has the pandemic exacerbated existing challenges, such as securing visas, but it's also created a new set of concerns. 

Students from other countries come to the U.S. not just to study, but to take in a different culture. COVID-19 has changed the campus experience, leaving international college-goers to wonder if the expensive tuition is justified.