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Sept.
9, 2002 |
New Web Site Helps Students Find Off-Campus
Housing
Rensselaer has developed an extensive Web site
as part of its Neighborhood Renewal Initiative to help students
more effectively find decent, affordable housing off campus.
Called "A
Guide to Living Off Campus," the site developed by the
Rensselaer Union lists available apartments and rooms in Troy
and the surrounding area. It offers information on parking availability,
students' rights and responsibilities as tenants, how to choose
a neighborhood, and how to get involved in the local neighborhood
associations.
"The main purpose for the site is so
students can choose not just an apartment, but a neighborhood
and a landlord they can count on to provide them with a good
place to live."
— Rick Hartt—
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The site, which was designed in part to help international
students become better acquainted with their new surroundings,
includes a fact sheet that answers everything from "What
is a lease?" to what to look for to ensure the residence
meets safety and security standards.
The Web site, still in its development stages,
eventually will allow students to search for compatible roommates
and second-hand furniture.
"The main purpose for the site is so students
can choose not just an apartment, but a neighborhood and a landlord
they can count on to provide them with a good place to live,"
says Rick Hartt '70, director of the Rensselaer Union.
About 2,900 full-time students-almost half of
the undergraduate body and 95 percent of all graduate students-live
off campus.
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