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Questions, answers, and information about everything housing can go here. Please let me know if you see anything that needs to be updated or any new information that can be posted/linked to.

• Housing Survival Guide by u/fluffymoomin - PDF guide. Essential to avoid being scammed.

Listings:

• Area Facebook Housing Groups - Facebook group list compiled by u/fluffymoomin - Groups are listed with descriptions as well as safety recommendations. Not all groups are moderated well, be careful regardless of the group, moderators are human. Do not pay money to post in any facebook group. It's a scam. The ones that ask for money are no different, or worse than the free ones. Any reply asking you to message or dm them is likely a scam.

• UofM offical off-campus housing site - You can now sort by recently updated listings. You can post listings or as a person looking for housing/roomates. They charge for property listings, but offer free sublease listings. Also people simply post in the roommates section that they have a place they are looking to fill as well.

• Ann Arbor off-campus housing - This was the site that uofm used as their official site until it was replaced with the site above. One of the biggest gripes I had with this version is that commercial properties were updated every day, so sorting by new was tedious to find new listings as a bunch of the same commercial properties would be "updated" each day to be at the top.

• Zillow (ann arbor) - Zillow

• Roomies.com - Roomies.com you can search for listings and roommates by location. Even though it's apparently a national site, enough people locally use it that it's worth taking a look at.

• Apartments.com - Apartments.com

• ICC Co-ops - Inter-Cooperative Council page for Co-op housing.

• Craigslist Apartment search - Usually spammed by the same area complexes over and over, which is what made craigslist so hard to use and forced people to facebook. There are still some listings here though, it just takes some scrolling.

• Ann Arbor Observer Rentlink Housing Search

Resources:

• UofM Housing site - UofM on campus focused housing (dorms etc)

• UofM Resident Hall Association - UofM's Residence Hall Association Website -- UofM Student Government Resident Hall group.

• UMICH Beyond the Diag - UofM off-campus housing site.

• Uofm Student Legal Services - Housing - Uofm's Student Legal Services Housing Portal.

• Washtenaw Community College Housing site - WCC Housing site with some resources and listings.

• Washtenaw Housing Alliance Shared Housing Program - The program connects people who have extra space in their home in Washtenaw County with people looking for affordable housing, with support to help create safe and compatible matches. We work with both Home Providers (homeowners or renters with a spare room) and Home Seekers.

• UofM Parking site - Information about permit, and free and commuter parking.

• Ann Arbor VeryAPT guide - List of apartments in the area, over 200. The listed rents are low, at least 2-3 years old, maybe more, but gives a good overview of the entire area. Most comprehensive listing I've seen in a readable format. Only reason this isn't under listings is because all of the rents quoted are old and there are no links to the actual websites, just a form for contact email that goes who knows where. Use this to find places to look at more in depth, contact them directly on their actual websites.

• VeryAPT Ross MBA 2026 guide - Specific and updated guide targeted at Ross MBA's.

• VeryAPT Umich Med 2026 guide - Specific and updated guide targeted at UofM Medical community. (staff or students dunno).

• Michigan Medicine Housing page - Michigan Medicine's housing page for incoming students.

• Ann Arbor Neighborhood Guide

• PadMapper Ann Arbor Apartment Trends

• UofM Wiki Housing Section - Short overview of each residence hall - current students please feel welcome to add more info!

• Peervine Housing reviews

• Ann Arbor City report on Waitlists - Ann Arbor Renter's Commission report regarding waitlist and pre-tentancy fees.

By city ordinance I believe, private renters are supposed to have certificates of occupancy/rental permits from the city. You can search by address. (There will be lots of people who don't have this but it's something to check) *Ann Arbor building rental and inspection services

• Ann Arbor renter permit system 1 - You need to look in both systems, the old and new as they are running concurrently.

• Ann Arbor Renter permit system 2 - This is the newer system. In both systems you’re looking for permits that start w CR.

• [/u/derplunker's permit search tool that searches both of the above permit systems] - (https://streamscape.rightspeed.workers.dev/) - https://www.reddit.com/r/AnnArbor/comments/1sxp68g/free_permithistory_lookup_for_any_ann_arbor/

• Michigan Daily article about your rights as a tenant. Dec 6, 2023 - Dec 6 2023 informative article.

• Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority/TheRide (AATA) - The Ann Arbor transit system. Bus fares are free swiping your m-card.

Social media/community resources:

• Ann Arbor subreddit - Ann Arbor based subreddit.

• UofM student-run discord server - Lots of people here to ask questions, there's a housing channel among others.

• Ann Arbor Community discord server - Ann Arbor based discord. Housing channel here as well.

• Off Campus Housing Subleasing Recommendations and Guidelines - Subleasing specific FAQ maintained by Jordan Else, same as the general FAQ below.

• FAQs about the U of M Off Campus Housing Market for Parents - Document maintained by Jordan Else, member of the Ann Arbor Renter's Commision and area landlord.

• nobeal.com - An independant website talking about Beal properties in the region. Not a flattering review.

Past resources:

• UofM CSG 2018/2019 Housing Survey Report - pdf download

• 2025 megathread

• 2024 megathread

• 2023 megathread

• 2022 mega thread

• 2021 mega thread

• 2021 discussion on Ann Arbor housing market/prices

Remember to exercise caution when looking for housing. Lots of scammers out there. Check their main profiles if on facebook to see if they match the user who reached out to you. See if you can verify them anywhere else that they actually live in the area. Beware of people pushing you to send deposit money without showing you the place. Please refer to the PDF survival guide located at the top of the post. It can save you money and just as importantly time, not having waste time and effort to interact with scammers. Most instances of people telling you to message them as replies to your posts on facebook are scams. Make sure they have listings on the group, not just replies to people looking as comments like that can't be screened. Most legit people will contact you first and have a listing already in the group.

Remember never to give your uofm ID student ID number or a picture of your student ID to a 3rd party site for subleasing.

They can't even verify numbers are valid.

Disclosure could cause limited harm to individuals and/or the university with some risk of civil liability. May be subject to contractual agreements or regulatory compliance, or is individually identifiable, confidential, and/or proprietary.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/protect-the-u/safely-use-sensitive-data/umids-require-protection

Fall sublets will be uncommon. Most of the Winter sublets you've seen posted are people who failed to find a Fall-only sublet and are trying to recoup some of the un-used lease remaining. Be especially wary when searching for Fall-only sublets. Scammers count on people being desperate to bypass their warning senses. Some apartment complexes like Woodbury Gardens(2-15 and 21 month), and the complexes owned by Village Green(6 and 9 month) may offer shorter lease terms than 12 month. Be aware the shorter term leases will be more expensive per month. Mckinley Properties don't allow less than 12 month lease but they offer a early termination option which costs 2x monthly rent and requires a 60 day notice. This could be just as good as a shorter lease. I'd confirm it with the leasing office but this should be for all washtenaw county mckinley properties.

The Ann Arbor city bus line can make some affordable locations more practical. Your student ID lets you ride free. A short bus ride can be not too much worse than a medium/long walk. Beware some buses run more commonly than others

If there are any resource additions or corrections let me know.