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Can you find housing in San Francisco? YES ? ? it does
take time and persistence. You must allow at least three
weeks to look and preferably start as soon as possible.
Every quarter thousands of students in the Bay Area (SFState,
UC?Berkeley, UC?Medical Center, University of San Francisco,
etc.) find housing. You can use all the student housing
offices at these campuses to get housing listings or names
of other students looking for roommates.
ROOMMATE SERVICES: http://www.craigslist.com
is the most popular list. It's free and has shared room
as well as sublet categories. I think Yahoo
also has a rental list as well as Roommateline.com.
Rentech
is another one, but is not free. Others are listed in
the newspaper & yellow pages.
OFFICES: UC Medical School Housing Office 415.476.1426,
513 Parnasus, SF
http://www.ucsf.edu
http://www.stu-housing-macl7.ucsf.edulcho/
STUDENT HOUSING:
San Francisco State Housing Office 415. 338. 1067
http://www.sfsu.edu
http://www.sfsu.edu/housing.htm
San Francisco Art Institute Housing Office no phone, check
their bulletin board - 800 Chestnut Street @ Jones (North
Beach Area) #30 bus
UCBerkeley has a housing/web site as does USF, a private
college.
NEWSPAPERS:
SF BAY GUARDIAN & SFWeekly free @ newsstand racks
around the city.
REAL ESTATE CLASSIFIED
#9200 Shared housing in SF
#9300 Rental Housing
#9350 Rooms for Rent
#9450 Sublets
http://www.sfbg.com
http://www.sfweekly.com
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE/EXAMINER
http://www.sfgate.com
Section #279 in the Classified ads = Short-term rentals
Fri/ Sat/Sunday papers are best.
"DRIVING AROUND AND LOOKING FOR RENTAL SIGNS"
Many SF Landlords save $$ by simply putting a "for
rent" sign in the window ( since Chronicle ads are
very expensive). Three guys got a reasonably?priced place
in North Beach this way.
RENTAL MAGAZINES
Apartment complexes advertise in the magazines in newsracks
at the bus stops.
Village Square 415.285.1231 415.285.1483 fax 5285 Diamond
Heights Blvd. SF, 94131 The leasing agent said they were
happy to have Cal Poly students there for a quarter. Four
students lived there during spring 99 qtr. Probably not
as cheap as a roommate placement.
