Got snow? What to know about who’s responsible for winter maintenance of your off-campus home
Decked out head-to-toe in winter gear, Ohio State student Lauren Hawkinson thought she was prepared to walk from her apartment door across an ice-c…
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Becoming independent Buckeyes: Everything students need to know about off-campus living
During his first night living off campus in September 2022, Alexander Kim, a fifth-year in computer science, said he experienced an attem…
Navigating challenges: The search for affordable and wheelchair-accessible off-campus housing
The race to find off-campus housing is already difficult enough, but for students with mobility-based disabilities, the search is even hard…
New Off-Campus Housing Network to connect students with reliable property owners during housing search
The challenge of finding safe and reliable off-campus housing can seem daunting for students new to renting, but the Ohio State Off-Campus Housing Network seeks to ease the experience by connecting students with property owners committed to meeting standards.
Students encouraged to start search for accessible housing early
The off-campus housing search at Ohio State is known to start early, but finding accessible housing may send some students searching earlier than m…
Landlords have open units amid expansion of second-year housing exemptions
For the first time since 2016, second-year students at Ohio State are able to opt out of on-campus living for the upcoming academic year for reason…
A tenant’s rights
Landlords can enforce rules regarding pets, parking and even paint colors, but there are also several amenities Ohio tenants have an indisputable r…
Living between leases
Many students living off campus have encountered similar, if not the same, issue between leases. They experience a temporary limbo when an old l…
Off-campus companies 101: The good & the bad
The search for your first off-campus apartment is already confusing and stressful enough, but once you begin to navigate the seemingly endless amou…
Landlords worry over future market
With the second-year living requirement now holding sophomores on campus, the lack of students out house hunting this leasing season has many landl…