Housing going up at UC Riverside will create much-needed space for university students — and also for hundreds of community college students who are encouraged to transfer.

Some future Riverside Community College District students will have the chance to live on the UC Riverside campus in what the university is calling a “first-of-its-kind housing project.” The ...

UCR wants to increase student housing capacity on the campus’ eastern side. Today it can house 32% of the student body, but officials would like to increase that capacity to 40%.