If your experiential opportunity requires you to live in another location during the time of your assignment, you may need guidance to accommodations appropriate for your needs. Your employer should be the first source of information and assistance and understand that intern and co-op students often need this type of help when relocating temporarily. Here are a few tips for getting started:
- Review the employer’s website to determine if information is provided.
- Ask questions regarding housing and relocation information at any time during the process of application, interviewing, and the internship/co-op/job offer. “How have previous interns/fellows/co-ops found housing?” is a simple question that can offer valuable information to ease the decision making and transition process. Note: If you are offered the opportunity, be sure to ask before accepting the offer.
- Ask any former interns with whom you are acquainted where they and other interns lived during their experience.
- If your employer does not provide any information or any assistance finding information, the resources below might help.
The UT Center for Career Development & Academic Exploration does not own or maintain the websites listed below, and we have no control over their content. We provide the links as a service to UT students. The center does not expressly or implicitly endorse any service, fee-based or free, and inform you that the content is only a partial list of options. We encourage students to be informed by doing your research and reading the fine print before signing a contract with any service. Review this guide for relocating for internships.
US City-based Resources
- Atlanta, GA
- Boston, MA
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Los Angeles, CA
- Nashville, TN
- New Orleans
- New Orleans Legal Recruiting Association (NOLRA) provides a searchable database of summer sublets for legal interns working in the city
- New York City, NY
- Orlando
- Philadelphia, PA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Raleigh, NC
- San Francisco
- Washington, D.C.
- Washington Intern Student Housing
- June Homes
- American University
- The George Washington University
- George Mason University
- Georgetown University Summer Housing
- International Student House of Washington DC
- The Washington Intern Housing Network
- Washington Internship Institute
- Catholic University Summer Housing
- Thompson-Markward Hall
- National Housing Opportunities
- Looksharp by InternMatch – Intern resources with city guides
- Sublet.com – This apartment rental service serves as a venue to list apartments, sublets, roommates & houses for rent directly from the Owners. You are able to learn about renters insurance, find moving companies and sublets for the summer.
- Intern Candidate Housing – Provides affordable temporary housing. This online resource is free to Interns & Co-Ops who work for participating employers.
- Craigslist – Available in many metropolitan areas, the housing section of Craig’s List allows you to see a list of sublets and temporary housing.
- NakedApartments.com – Connect with landlords and brokers to find apartments.
- ApartmentGuide.com – Search thousands of apartments, photos, and floorplans from communities nationwide.
- ApartmentList.com – Search apartments using a detailed map.
- Apartments.com – Free search for apartments across the country.
- ApartmentRatings.com – Listings ratings of apartments across the country.
- Houses for Rent – Free listings of rentals.
- Roommates.com – Find roommates across the country.
- Padmapper.com – Compiles apartment listings from many websites and displays them on an interactive map.
- MetroRoommates.com – Search rommate listings across the country.
- Rentspeed.com – Free leading national rental site for finding houses for rent, condos, townhouses, and apartment rentals.
- MyApartmentMap.com – Lists all U.S. universities and colleges on an interactive map, so that students can easily find housing near their internship.
- UMoveFree.com – Largest apartment leasing company in the state of Texas. Includes rentals in Austin, Dallas, and Houston.
- Zumper – Free map-based search for home & apartment rentals, with real-time updates.
- Trulia – Provides national real estate information with detailed graphical neighborhood data
- HotPads – We’re here to ease the pain of looking for your next apartment by helping renters make smarter decisions about where to live and what neighborhoods to live in.
- Zillow – Rental and sales
International Housing Resources
- General International Resources:
- Center for Career Development’s International Job and Internship guides – various subscription-based resources provided by the center including city guides and tips for living abroad.
- TransitionsAbroad.com – List of accommodations and articles on living abroad.
- London
- London Metropolitan University – Arcade Halls – Holloway Road
- University College London – Bloomsbury (just north of the British Museum)
- International Students House – Great Portland Street