BATON ROUGE - Several students on the LSU campus say they have been met with issues related to housing and parking, and classes haven't even started yet.

"Last night I was scrolling on TikTok and this girl was crying on my 'For You' page, and she just said they were sold out. I didn't believe her, so I logged into my parking portal and sure enough, commuter parking passes are completely sold out," Maloree Gibson said.

Maloree Gibson is a senior at LSU. She says that in all of her years as a student, she has never experienced sold out commuter parking passes.

"They didn't email us and let us know they were sold out or that there was a change this year; you have to get them on campus, and instead of online, which I think is kind of unfair," Gibson said.

Gibson says there is an alternative called "Park and Go", but she worries about how effective it'll be with the number of students who couldn't get a commuter parking pass.

"There's not going to be enough room for us, you know, it's going to be a cluster," Gibson said.

Among other campus issues, students say there is not enough housing available.

Crystal and Claudia are foreign exchange students from Australia who are spending a semester at LSU. They say their process to get housing has been a bit of a bumpy ride.

"I did email residential life, and they said that they just had an overflow of freshmen students, which is why we moved to The Ion," Crystal said.

The students say they were originally told they were going to be living in on-campus housing, but later found out that was not the case and they were assigned to a nearby apartment complex, The Ion, which they say is more expensive.

"We've had like a couple of roaches and whatnot, but we're just lucky to have a roof over our head," Claudia said.

Sophomores Leya and Gelila say they were also looking to live in on-campus housing for their second year of school.

"'Cause I never had rat problems, roach problems, or AC problems," Gelila said.

But, they say they were told there wasn't any more housing available, and they were recommended nearby apartments, like The Ion.

"We're trying to be upcoming successful people in this world, and this is what we're suffering to go through, and we pay so much money to be here; it doesn't make sense, " Gelila said.

The Scion Group, who own the Ion apartments in Baton Rouge, released the following statement regarding the pest control:

We are aware that 4 out of 287 apartments at Ion Baton Rouge reported pest issues at the time of move-in. Our pest control vendor responded quickly and treated these apartments, and one student was transferred.  Ion has regular pest control treatments community-wide. We have responded directly to each resident that has raised any concerns.  

We invite all residents to submit any work orders 24 hours a day on our online portal, and these are all addressed promptly. With over 800 residents in 287 apartments, we need to stay vigilant about waste disposal and potential pests. Our regular pest control treatments and inspections at least quarterly are designed to help make sure this never becomes a problem – but if we do learn of an issue, we’re here to tackle it. We appreciate the patience and support of all our residents at such a busy time as move-in at the beginning of the school year, and look forward to providing a safe, comfortable and professionally operated home for each resident.

WBRZ reached out to LSU about the sold-out commuter passes and the housing issues. The school has not returned requests for comment.