| dc.description.abstract | Fort Worth is not only home to Texas Christian University (TCU) and its students, but also families and businesses. This mixture of stakeholders creates problems regarding expectations, especially within the residential neighborhoods surrounding TCU. To mitigate future problems as the University grows, Fort Worth implemented an occupancy limit in 2015 that restricts the number of unrelated individuals living in a single, non-grandfathered residence from five persons to three. This new law mainly affects the housing investors and student lessors living off-campus within walking distance to TCU. By studying other cities across the United States that have implemented zoning restrictions that effect students, this paper will dive deeper into how the different types of zoning laws shape neighborhood composition and off-campus student living. Personal interviews were conducted within the Fort Worth community to gain a well-rounded perspective of the issues surrounding TCU and its neighbors. Students, landlords, city officials, and families were represented in the interviews to cover all primary stakeholder groups. Through both methods of research, policies and programs are reviewed in hopes that Fort Worth's character and Texas Christian University's expansion can occur in harmony simultaneously. | |
