Two recent fires in student housing should give renters and their parents pause as they start looking for a place to live for the next school year.
The advice from experts: Do your homework.
“If you look around the perimeter of the (UW-Madison) campus, there are numerous examples of really good buildings that are in compliance, ” UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam said Monday. “But there are still those pockets of places that could still potentially be problematic. I tell students and their parents to be very thoughtful before they sign a lease and to know what they are getting into. “