Strategic Housing Plan

The University of New Mexico, Lobo Development and American Campus Communities (ACC) have been working together for nearly three years now in an effort to modernize and enhance the UNM campus housing. The UNM Strategic Housing Plan is a working document that details the overall objectives, approaches and recommendations of ACC to the University with regards to student housing. ACC has identified four key objectives for the Student Housing Plan that will shape the main campus developments:

• Improve the quality of UNM's student housing communities through:
• Modernizing the product for current and future student needs
• Introducing a multi-tiered unit product cycle
• Incorporate living-learning features that facilitate academic achievement and improve graduation rates.
• Create phasing scenarios that bring new communities online with minimal disruption to UNM's existing housing capacity and revenue
• Increase UNM's on-campus undergraduate residency rates
• Incorporate recreation, dining and parking facilities that serve the residential communities and pragmatically connect to the larger campus.*

The development of new campus housing will provide UNM a modern product to help recruit and retain students. ACC is aligning all of their plans with the objectives outlined by the University; the four considerations that will shape the future communities include: Improving Housing Value, Academic Excellence, Campus Integration, and Student Life. These four objectives are crucial to the success of the housing program and furthermore the residents of such communities.

A good strategic housing plan is a living document that responds to a diverse student body at the various stages of higher education. The plan should be able to change in response to: campus development, enrollment trends and the market.

*For more information, refer to the Strategic Housing Plan, University of New Mexico, December 1, 2010