Community
Housing situation getting better
B\ Ali( v Wheeler
Emerald Managing Editor
Kverv fall .is I'niversity students begin to
Hood ti.ii k to the Kugene .ire.i the housing
crunch begins
In recent years itu reused enrollment at the
t'Diversity has made oil-campus housing harder
to find Fortunately ott-campus housing "looks
heltei tins yeai than it was last year, said Chris
t\ (hitting, direi tor of the \Nl'(). Off Campus
1 lousing (( Kill) offic e
"People ari' planning ahead and i oming hai k
earlier Fiuollmeiit lias gone down so there won t
be as much i ompetition " (hitting said
(hitting said houses with roommate situa
tions are easiest to tilld, while one bedroom
houses are difficult to proi lire I lus ma\ be be
i ause t hiiversilv students are subletting or keep
ing their housing oyet the summer
There are four main types ol off-campus
housing in the Kugene Springfield area apart
ments. studios, ipi.uls and duplexes, and houses.
Kales lor these vary from area to area, with lowei
i.osl housing being farther away from the i atnpus
Apartment rales average Irom .SPthShon a
month lor a one-bedroom unit, tun bedroom unit
rates range from S- ill ShIH) a month Slmlios rent
tm Slavs t at a month Quads range Irom Slno
2all a month
Houses and duplexes lost between S-’OO
S (at) a month for a one bedroom dwelling S 100
Shat) a month lor a two bedroom dwelling and
three-or-more bedroom houses range Irom Si.; .
S1.000 a month
(Kill, located in the KNH' Basement otters
many services to students looking foi housing
There are also housing boards lot ated near the
KMU Craft Center These boards have rental list
digs for houses, apartments, studios, co-ops and
"roommates wanted The office also has free
housing handbooks that give information about
how to look for a place to live, a map of Kugene
and an Inventory and Condition Report
There are many property management i uni
panies in the area and some of them have listings
that are not advertised in the paper A ipiii k flip
through the local Yellow Pages to "Property
Management" will reveal a long list of i ompanies
to call for rentals
Cutting said there can be some disadvantages
to renting from property management companies,
such as higher rental rates and a non refundable
i leaning fee
PHiilil h\ Martin I hirl
.Slutlenl /(»/hi (iuuliir1 hr.i Is Ihr housing
.ninth ami mines his belongings into a new
place.
Another agenr v m I ugene is Roommate Ke
ferral Itu 11UH U highlit Ave I hr agenr v will
try to match you up with a compatible roommate
for a $50 fee I hr company guar.inters ear h
roommate matt li for It) days
A relatively new idea in college housing is
that of students buying houses, usually with the
help ol parents Besides the usual rental listings,
newspapers have more and more r lassified ads
try mg to sell houses to students
The ads i laim purr hasing is i heaper than
renting hut (hitting doesn't agree
"There are a lot of disadvantages to buy ing a
house There are a lot more expenses when you
own a house that you don't have to worry about it
you rent If the plumbing needs to he fixed you
have to deal with it and pay tor it." (hitting said
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