Meeting and Beating the Challenge of Off-Campus Student Housing
Zoning Practice — August 2017
By Dwight Merriam, FAICP
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Most college students living off-campus are good neighbors. Furthermore, communities that have a diverse supply of off-campus private student housing can help educational institutions attract students and remain competitive. However, student encroachment in established neighborhoods is a source of tension in many communities that host major post-secondary institutions.
This issue of Zoning Practice discusses how planning, carefully thought-out regulation, effective enforcement, and continuing cooperation and coordination between town and gown can help meet off-campus housing demand without undermining the character of established neighborhoods.
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Dwight Merriam, FAICP
Dwight Merriam, FAICP, a lawyer and land use planner, is a Fellow in the American College of Real
Estate Lawyers, a Fellow and Past President and of the American Institute of Certified Planners, Past
Chair of the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, a Counselor of Real Estate, and the
Connecticut member of Owners’ Counsel of America. Dwight taught for 40 years as an adjunct
professor in several law schools. He has published over 200 articles and 13 books, including co-
authoring the casebook, PLANNING AND CONTROL OF LAND DEVELOPMENT, and co-authoring the
treatise RATHKOPF’S THE LAW OF ZONING AND PLANNING with Prof. Sara Bronin. He is the author of
CONNECTICUT LAND USE LAW and Practice 4th. Dwight served as an active duty and reserve Surface
Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, including three Vietnam deployments, retiring after 31 years as a
Captain. UMass BA (cum laude), UNC MRP, and Yale JD. www.dwightmerriam.com