# UL Lafayette students housed in hotel due to dorm overflow
**URL:** https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438
**Category:** The Marsh
**Created:** [August 18, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438 "2025-08-18T04:08:22Z")
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### Author:  [@RaginCajun77](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/RaginCajun77)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438/1 "2025-08-18T04:08:22Z")
> UL Lafayette students housed in hotel due to dorm overflow [https://t.co/FLyo0e8QrG](https://t.co/FLyo0e8QrG)
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> — Adrian Perron (@RaginCajun77) [August 18, 2025](https://twitter.com/RaginCajun77/status/1957294720960319896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Seems like we need to look at adding addition on-campus housing…
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### Author:  [@Ragin9221](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/Ragin9221)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438/2 "2025-08-18T10:18:06Z")
I personally think they could add student housing where the Old Lourdes Hospital use to be. Just part of it not the entire thing.
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### Author:  [@Cajun4life](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/Cajun4life)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438/3 "2025-08-18T11:35:22Z")
On campus housing needs to be near the athletic complex.
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### Author:  [@RCajunRunner](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/RCajunRunner)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438/4 "2025-08-18T13:10:19Z")
Certainly not the first time we’ve done this. When my kid was considering UL, one of the first things of concern for us was that incoming freshmen at least get priority to be housed in an on-campus form.
Texas State has evidently been doing this as well.
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### Author:  [@CajunGrad16](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/CajunGrad16)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438/5 "2025-08-18T13:19:25Z")
Tear down Blackham and put a multi use facility with a basketball arena and dorms/apartments
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### Author:  [@RedTails](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/RedTails)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438/6 "2025-08-18T13:45:28Z")
That land that Blackham is on was shown to be an expansion to student housing in the 2011 UL Master Plan.
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### Author:  [@CajunT](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/CajunT)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/ul-lafayette-students-housed-in-hotel-due-to-dorm-overflow/438/7 "2025-08-18T18:01:06Z")
That is still if the plans of a joint medical school are still on. If it finally gets killed, then yes, the property is owned by UL/ State. But bonds would have to be sold. I’m not sure there is the will in Baton Rouge to get that done. BTW, the university still owes some $300M last I heard in debt payments. Does anyone have a new update, or do we have to wait until the next audit is made publicly?