2023-24 Housing Megathread - New leases, subleases, residence halls, landlords, roommates, co-ops, etc.

Posting with permission from the Mods.

Questions, answers, and information about everything housing can go here.

• Housing Survival Guide by u/fluffymoomin - PDF guide. Essential to avoid being scammed.

Listings:

• Area Facebook Housing Groups - Facebook group list compiled by u/fluffymoomin - Groups are listed with descriptions as well as safety recommendations. Not all groups are moderated well, be careful regardless of the group, moderators are human. Do not pay money to post in any facebook group. It's a scam. The ones that ask for money are no different, or worse than the free ones. Any reply asking you to message or dm them is likely a scam.

• UofM offical off-campus housing site - You can now sort by recently updated listings. You can post listings or as a person looking for housing/roomates.

• Apartments.com - Best for if you want to get an overview of housing in the Ann Arbor area and are looking for something farther from campus.

• ICC Co-ops - Inter-Cooperative Council page for Co-op housing.

• Ann Arbor Observer Rentlink Housing Search

Resources:

• UofM Housing site - UofM on campus focused housing (dorms etc)

• UofM Parking site - Information about permit, and free and commuter parking.

• Ann Arbor VeryAPT guide - List of apartments in the area, over 200. The listed rents are low, at least 2-3 years old, maybe more, but gives a good overview of the entire area. Most comprehensive listing I've seen in a readable format. Only reason this isn't under listings is because all of the rents quoted are old and there are no links to the actual websites, just a form for contact email that goes who knows where. Use this to find places to look at more in depth, contact them directly on their actual websites.

• VeryAPT Umich Med 2023 guide - Specific and updated guide targeted at UofM Medical community. (staff or students dunno).

• VeryAPT Ross MBA 2023 guide - Specific and updated guide targeted at Ross MBA's.

• Ann Arbor Neighborhood Guide

• UofM Wiki Housing Section - Short overview of each residence hall - current students please feel welcome to add more info!

• Peervine Housing reviews

• Ann Arbor subreddit

• UofM student-run discord server - Lots of people here to ask questions, there's a housing channel among others.

Past resources:

• UofM CSG 2018/2019 Housing Survey Report - pdf download

• 2022 mega thread

• 2021 mega thread

• 2021 discussion on Ann Arbor housing market/prices

Remember to exercise caution when looking for housing. Lots of scammers out there. Check their main profiles if on facebook to see if they match the user who reached out to you. See if you can verify them anywhere else that they actually live in the area. Beware of people pushing you to send deposit money without showing you the place. Please refer to the PDF survival guide located at the top of the post. It can save you money and just as importantly time, not having waste time and effort to interact with scammers. Most instances of people telling you to message them as replies to your posts on facebook are scams. Make sure they have listings on the group, most legit people will contact you first.

Fall sublets will be uncommon. Most of the Winter sublets you've seen posted are people who failed to find a Fall-only sublet and are trying to recoup some of the un-used lease remaining. Be especially wary when searching for Fall-only sublets. Scammers count on people being desperate to bypass their warning senses.

The Ann Arbor city bus line can make some affordable locations more practical. Your student ID lets you ride free. A short bus ride can be not too much worse than a medium/long walk. Beware some buses rum more commonly than others

If there are any resource additions or corrections let me know.