Students should carefully inspect an apartment for its physical conditions, personal safety and security features, parking facilities, and other amenities to satisfy themselves before leasing an apartment. You should also review all the rules and regulations (Including those pertaining to security deposit and its refund). Students' Legal Assistance is an excellent resource for legal information to learn your rights.
To find out more about your rights, the landlord/tenant laws, and roommate survival tips from Students’ Legal Assistance, please click HERE
Welcome to the Off-Campus housing section of our website. Our office does not find or place students in off-campus housing units; however we do provide relevant information necessary for students to successfully find off-campus living options.
Contact our office for access to complete current listings for:
Visit Places4students Inc., an online, off-campus referral service for DeKalb and surrounding areas.
Any questions or concerns for the places4students team? Please contact Places4students Inc. toll free at (866) 766-0767 (Available Mon. to Fri. from 10am-5pm EST) or via email at admin@places4students.com.
To browse the Places4Students database, please click HERE
The Northern Star provides a complete Housing Guide with all of the local apartment complexes available for rent. This listing includes all relevant information necessary to help to make the apartment search as easy as possible. It is broken down by rent, bathrooms, bedrooms, and distance from campus.
To view the Northern Star Housing Guide, click HERE
The Daily Chronicle is the daily news publication for the DeKalb and Sycamore areas. This particular media outlet offers a current classified section where advertisement is placed in regarding housing on a consistent basis.
To view the Daily Chronicle Classified Section, please click HERE
In order to gain a better perspective on a particular apartment or townhouse you may be interested in, our office has provided a link for a website designed to allow tenants/former tenants to rate the apartments. In addition, if you currently reside in one of these apartments or townhouses, please feel free to rate your apartment.
Our office is only providing links to these sites. We are not affiliated or agree/disagreement with the views and comments expressed by those you utilize the services.
To view the Rate My Apartment database, please click HERE
Moving? Living off campus? There is now a new service that helps you to connect all your utilities. EZMoves can help get the following resources connected in your new home:
Also available:
To browse through what EZMoves has to offer, click HERE
Craigslist is a database of forums and local classifieds for over 450 cities worldwide – community moderated and free. You can find anything from jobs to furniture on Craigslist. This database can also be very useful for finding apartments and houses.
To begin navigating through Craigslist, please click HERE
(To view searches for apt/houses in the Dekalb/Sycamore area, please click the link above, go to apts/houses, and in the search for box please enter: DeKalb/Sycamore)