Off-Campus Student Services’ new and improved website (www.umbc.edu/ocss) is up-and-running and has tons of information and resources about finding off-campus housing and roommates as well as navigating the technicalities of living off campus such as building productive tenant-landlord relationships. The answers to students’ FAQs can be found there and at OCSS’s housing-related events such as the “Off-Campus Transitions” workshop, recently held on April 10th, where we addressed questions about security deposits and lease lengths. More events are coming!
If students are interested in finding roommates, OCSS is hosting a Roommate Social on May 10th from 12-1PM in Lower Flat Tuesdays in The Commons—there will be food, fun, and, of course, opportunities to meet potential roommates. If students can’t make this event, UMBC’s official off-campus housing directory is another free resource for students to post and browse roommate ads—visit www.umbc.och101.com.
Students looking for off-campus housing for the summer and spring semesters can also browse housing listings at www.umbc.och101.com or attend one of our in-person housing fairs in July, August, and October. Join the OCSS myUMBC group page for continued updates about housing-related events, news, and discussions. For help navigating our new websites, students can visit our office located next to the bookstore and pick up housing brochures and listings or call 410.455.2770.