College students across California are on the verge of being homeless as rising rents exacerbate long standing shortages of student housing.

The state is responding with plans for more on-campus dorms, and a new bill could make it easier for colleges to expand housing. Meanwhile, some students are turning to short-term solutions for relief, from living in vans near campus to sleeping in their cars overnight in campus parking lots. 

The Biden administration’s newly announced National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health provides a comprehensive set of actions that could meaningfully address food insecurity and improve national health outcomes. 

The strategy also highlights how food insecurity is a substantial problem for college students, and aims to address the challenge by permanently reforming SNAP—the largest federal nutrition assistance program—to better meet students' needs.

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A lawsuit seeking to block President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel some student debt claims the policy is not only illegal but could inflict harm on borrowers who in some states would be forced to pay taxes on the forgiven amount.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana earlier this week, is the first significant legal action seeking to invalidate Biden’s policy before it takes effect.