BYU student Daniel Gaines was supposed to be moving into an ironically named complex owned by the Provo Landlord Confederacy, but after spending the last week “homeless” in Provo, he’s decided that he would rather not have an apartment at all. 

“I could pay hundreds of dollars to share a room with someone who snores and never takes out the garbage, or I could live in this barrel that I found for free.”

Several other students, inspired by Gaines, will also be renouncing BYU-approved housing, to instead continue living in the way that the system requires them to spend a week doing anyway.

“I was always worried about finding parking at my last apartment. Sometimes I would have to park several blocks away. Now, wherever I park, I’m home!” said Dallon Smoot, who is living out of his car.

When asked if she’s worried about getting in trouble with the BYU housing office, Brynley Larsen, who is couch surfing, said, “I do update my residential address to wherever I’m staying that week, and it is always approved housing.”