Housing Guide
Every year, between April and June, the student population of Hyde Park rearranges itself. Boxes are packed, dorm rooms are vacated, U-Hauls get rented, leases are signed, and a whole lot of students try and memorize a new address. The prospect of finding a new home is exciting, but it’s also daunting, especially when everyone decides to do it over the same couple of months.
So to students facing the pressures of the moving season, we present our annual guide to Hyde Park housing. Here is a survey of the options, and some well researched advice on finding, renting, and living in a place of your own. To those who are searching, we wish you a good fit.
Here’s to the joy of new digs.
2011
Some Options
Living Cooperatively
Renters’ Rights
Renters’ Insurance
Get a Move On
Apartment Decorating Tips
Confessions of a Passive-Aggressive Roommate
What’s In a Name
Greening Your Apartment
In the Dog House
2010
Getting a Move On
Renters’ Rights
Renters Insurance
Subletting
Other Neighborhoods
How to Get Free Furniture
So, What Are the Options?
2009
Landlord listings
Neighborly Advice
The Graduate: A memoir of University-owned grad housing
2008

Introduction and advice
Big Players: Hyde Park’s largest realtors
Best of the Rest: Local landlords, high-rises, and more
The Stuff of Legends: Livin’ large at infamous undergraduate social haunts
First, Do No Harm: The Southside Solidarity Network wants to help you find housing responsibly


