Updates, insights, and stories about linen and laundry programs.
A look at the bed and bath linens included in the DormHealth Linen Plan, the materials behind them, and how they're cared for.
UCLA Housing has selected DormHealth to power a fully managed linen exchange program across its residence halls, serving thousands of on-campus residents.
Seattle University students describe how per-load laundry pricing adds up over a quarter, while the university and student government work on ways to ease the cost for residents.
University of Maryland students in the North and South Hill communities describe long wait times and equipment issues, even as students themselves recognize the structural limits of expanding shared laundry capacity.
Harvard College made undergraduate laundry free starting in spring 2026. Students broadly welcomed the change, but the demand response surfaced strain on existing equipment and capacity.
UCLA announces a shift to triple occupancy in most on-campus dorms to meet housing demand, adding pressure to shared facilities including laundry rooms and common spaces.
NIU students at Stevenson Towers report laundry machines frequently occupied by unattended loads, reflecting a common campus capacity challenge in high-density housing.
Good Counsel Hall at Villanova houses 240 freshmen sharing a limited set of washers and dryers, creating chronic machine unavailability.
Washers and dryers across three Occidental College first-year dorms experienced simultaneous failures at the start of the semester, illustrating the challenges of laundry infrastructure redundancy on campus.
Vanderbilt's Memorial House residents navigate a low washer-to-student ratio that makes routine laundry an unpredictable, time-consuming process.
Over 300 students at Florida A&M's Towers South share a single laundry room with eight washers and eight dryers, creating persistent bottlenecks and frustration.
Why more universities and residential communities are adopting managed linen programs.
An overview of how a residential linen exchange program operates from a resident's perspective.
A Daily Bruin report on student laundry concerns at UCLA illustrates a category challenge: even at very large scale, residential laundry systems remain sensitive to volume and equipment durability.
An overview of what DormHealth is, why it exists, and what it provides to residents and housing operators.
A Daily Bruin opinion piece examines how laundry facilities in newer university housing construction can encounter familiar wear and capacity issues, illustrating a category challenge in residential building design.
Cornell students paying approximately $12,000 per year for housing question why laundry costs extra, citing malfunctioning machines and per-load fees.
UNC Asheville residents report campus-wide laundry challenges driven by peak-hour congestion and limited machine capacity across multiple residence halls.
George Mason University students clash over whether it is acceptable to remove someone else's finished laundry from a machine, a conflict rooted in insufficient machine capacity.
Boston College students rate their laundry experience a 4.47 out of 10 in a campus poll, reflecting a pattern of laundry dissatisfaction seen at universities nationwide.
Dryers across multiple Vassar residence halls went offline on a weekend, highlighting the challenges of maintaining laundry equipment redundancy and weekend maintenance coverage on campus.
Yale students report mold, pests, and maintenance issues in dormitory laundry facilities, reflecting the upkeep challenges that high-moisture, high-traffic utility spaces present for campus housing programs.
Georgetown's Village A laundry room serves up to 456 residents with 12 washers and 8 functional dryers after two units were removed, highlighting a common capacity planning challenge in campus housing.
Tufts University students faced a 16-20% laundry price increase, bringing the minimum cost per wash-and-dry cycle to $3, the first price hike in a decade.