Cerritos College is preparing to join the ranks of local community colleges building affordable housing for students.

The Cerritos Community College District recently filed an environmental notice with Los Angeles County for a new housing project which would rise on the western side of its campus along Studebaker Road near its intersection with Falcon Way. The project, which would replace a surface parking lot, is described as consisting of three multi-story buidlings consisting of 102,000 square feet of floor area and containing 106 residential units, as well as shared amenities and features such as dining areas, offices, and laundry facilities.

Cerritos College announced in 2024 that it had secured $68 million in state funding for the project, which would be coupled with $12 million allocated by the school's Board of Trustees to provide $80 million in total funding. At the time, the project was expected to provide 400 beds for sudents.

Compton College and Long Beach City College area already in the midst of construction on similar developments at their campuses.

Unlike other community colleges which are new to student housing, this won't be the first rodeo for Cerritos College, which already operates housing for homeless students.

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