One interesting comment she made was that last year, on-campus housing began the Fall semester only 70% full. She believes that so many people had bad experiences with the fist year of the new off-campus "approved freshman housing" policy that many RM freshman now want to stay on-campus instead of off.

Translation, they continue to find out that trying to manipulate an economic market will always backfire.

You can't have "approved off-campus" housing, or the older complexes who don't normally fill up will be the first in line to align with BYU's requirements in order to be part of the monopoly that is "BYU Approved" and fill up their sub-par housing at above market prices. It's a no brainer for a crap complex when you can ensure demand without significant facility upgrades.