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EDITORIAL: Promote Off-Campus Living

EDITORIAL: Promote Off-Campus Living

By Editorial Board January 24, 2020

Georgetown University does not guarantee housing to all senior undergraduates, leaving the majority of seniors to find their own housing options. Yet students are often left feeling unprepared for the...

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Hoya House Hunters, a website that seeks to help students find off-campus housing options, launched Jan. 15.

New Website Seeks to Ease Off-Campus Housing Search

By Emma Kotfica January 22, 2018

Hoya House Hunters, a website that lists information on neighborhood housing rentals, launched Jan. 15 to help undergraduate students find off-campus housing. The initiative is a joint effort between...

EDITORIAL: Correct Off-Campus Penalties

By Editorial Board September 22, 2017

For Georgetown University students, living off campus is often perceived as a privilege — an honor afforded only to seniors and graduate students. Yet many of the policies imposed on off-campus students...

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A study found Georgetown has the third highest rent for off-campus housing compared to the market-rate rent in the metropolitan area.

Georgetown Is Third Most Expensive College Town for Renters, Study Finds

By Tait Ryssdal September 13, 2017

Tait Ryssdal is a staff writer for The Hoya. Georgetown is the third most expensive neighborhood in the country for college students to rent off-campus housing relative to market-rate rent in the...

A Garbage Policy

By The Editorial Board March 27, 2015

As winter gives way to spring and students living off campus begin to worry about things other than an icy sidewalk, it becomes increasingly obvious that the Office of Neighborhood Life’s neglectfully...

Spreading Roomr’s Advice

By The Editorial Board April 11, 2014

With the recent launch of Roomr, a website that will help facilitate the process of finding off-campus housing, students can expect to make more informed housing decisions in the upcoming semesters. Roomr...

Landlords Lament Campus Plan

By TM Gibbons-Neff September 27, 2013

From the proposed satellite residence to the repurposing of Magis Row townhouses, Georgetown is gradually making the 2010 Campus Plan agreement come to life. One demographic seldom discussed in...

Seniors Kicked to the Curb

By The Editorial Board September 7, 2012

As juniors moved into new housing at the start of this academic year, the weight of finding a living space for senior year was already upon them. While the university can’t be expected to provide housing...

Advocate Explains Lease Logistics

By Sarah Kaplan April 17, 2012

Representatives from the Office of the Tenant Advocate and the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs came to campus Friday to talk with students about the logistics of renting and sub-letting....

Landlord Pledge Sparks Debate

By Braden McDonald December 1, 2011

Twenty-six landlords have signed the university's landlord pledge, but according to university spokeswoman Stacy Kerr, the initiative has elicited anger from others. The document, which asks local landlords...

Butler: University’s Threats Misinform Landlords

By James Butler February 4, 2011

In early October, my landlord, an ever-helpful albeit eccentric middle-aged man, came to my house on Prospect Street. Contrary to his normally laid-back nature, he seemed frustrated and had a worried look...

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