With the school year about two weeks in, concerns over the Wyndham Grand student housing situation only grows deeper.

Cam Mann, a third-year transfer student in their first year at Point Park, shares that they haven’t had any contact from Point Park regarding housing—

“We’re like our own entity,” Mann said. The only updates she has received came from last week’s Globe article. In “Students housed in Wyndham Grand hotel,” Cilia Catello wrote, “Point Park’s partnership with the Wyndham Grand will cease after the fall semester” and that “Students will be assigned new housing for the spring semester, although the university has not yet determined where that will be.”

One of the main concerns Mann said they have is safety. They often have classes that end at 9 p.m. With location in mind, being close to both Point State Park and the Red Door Shelter—which houses those facing homelessness, family breakdowns, and domestic violence—adds to those concerns.

“There’s a fair amount of poop on the sidewalk—I don’t know if it is human or dog—but I just try to avoid it,” Mann said.

Beyond safety, Mann said that living at the Wyndham Grand doesn’t feel like true dorm life. Without easy access to laundry, the dining hall, and other on-campus resources, they said students often feel disconnected.

Laundry delays have stretched days, and with no machines in the building, student athletes will struggle to keep up with practice clothes. Additionally, students cannot maintain an “open door” policy, and resident educators are unable to decorate the halls as they could in on-campus housing, which further contributes to the feeling of isolation from the Point Park community. Mann said the lack of communication from the university only deepens these frustrations, leaving students living in the Wyndham Grand uncertain about where they will call home next semester.