As Texas college students struggle with affordability, UT-Austin launches program to offset on-campus housing costs

Students walk up the East Mall stairs at the University of Texas at Austin on Aug. 25, 2021. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

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The University of Texas at Austin is launching a pilot program to help low- and middle- income students pay for on-campus housing costs, part of a larger strategy to help students overcome the ballooning cost of attending college beyond tuition and fees.