Off-campus housing information

If you're considering moving off campus, you'll need to know where you want to live, and how you're going to get your basic needs met. CSRC offers you services and assistance in determining how to make your apartment a comfortable environment that you want to come home to.

Apartment Finding companies and agencies*:       

• Apartment People - Online apartment searching tool. Full service company that can drive you to see apartments that meet criteria.
• Apartment Finders - Online apartment searching tool. Full service company that can drive you to
  see apartments that meet criteria.
• Apartment Guys - Online apartment searching tool. Full service company that can drive you to
  see apartments that meet criteria.
• College Rising - Full serivce company that can show you apartments that meet your criteria. Focuses in UIC/Tri-Taylor area.
• DoMu : Chicago Apartments - Online search tool. You must contact landlords and make appointments to see apartments.
• Apartment List - Online search tool. You contact landlords and schedule showings for apartments. 
• Craig's List - Online classifieds. You must contact ad poster and arranged to see apartments.
• Chicago Reader - Chicago area classified ads.
• UIC Off Campus Housing Website - Free online posting site for UIC area off campus housing apartments and roommates.
• Dwell Chicago - Online apartment searching tool.
•  http://www.myapartmentmap.com/   - Online apartment searching tool.
  

Utilities, Amenities, & Resources

• RCN  - Cable, internet, telephone provider
• Comcast - Cable, internet, telephone provider
• DIRECTV- TV and internet service
• AT&T - Telephone, internet, and tv provider
• People's Gas - gas utility in Chicago
• ComEd - Electricity utility
• Chicago Neighborhood Maps
• Cort Furniture - furniture rental company

Properties near campus with many UIC students*

• LaCasa - Non-profit providing student housing and academic and social resources near UIC.
• Automatic Lofts - Student housing complex near UIC.
• Tailor Lofts - Student housing complex near UIC.

Independent Living

• Common Lease/Rental Agreements
• Metropolitan Tentants Organization

* UIC Commuter Student Resource Center is in no way endorsing or speaking for the quality of the experience of these companies or agencies. Students should navigate companies as an informed consumer and consult other resources and reviews. Students should use reasonable caution when signing with landlords and selecting roommates. 

Download our helpful CSRC brochures below to aid your housing or roommate finding experiences. 

  

Contact us:
Email: commuter@uic.edu
Twitter: www.twitter.com/uiccsrc
Phone: 312-413-7440
Address: Student Center East, University of Illinois Chicago Suite 245
               750 South Halsted St. MC 330
               Chicago, IL 60607