Harvard Housing Office
7 Holyoke Street (Harvard Square)
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-3377 or 800-252-5020
Fax: 617-496-0404
hhousing@harvard.edu

The Harvard Housing Office serves as a central resource for Harvard affiliates who are either looking for Harvard Affiliated Housing or private housing or have an apartment to rent, sublet, or share. The services of the Harvard Housing Office are available to students, faculty, and employees of Harvard University. The office is open to the public Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The staff is available by telephone from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Rental and Sublet Opportunities

The Housing Office maintains an online database containing hundreds of rental units offered by private landlords and real estate agents as well as apartment sublet opportunities in Affiliated Housing and in the private market. This database, available on the HRES Apartment Source Website, can be searched at no cost from any computer with access to the World Wide Web.

To add a listing to the database, click here and create a profile. Listings remain on the system for 90 days, unless you remove them earlier, and a $30 fee, using IPay, credit card, or debit card is required. You may also submit listings at the Harvard Housing Office and pay by cash or check.

Listings are ordinarily posted 30 to 60 days in advance of the move-in date.

Roommate Opportunites

The Housing Office also maintains the self-service HRES Roommate Center Web site, an online database of roommate and roommate sublet opportunities. Harvard affiliates may post and view roommate listings from any computer with access to the World Wide Web.

Other Resources

In addition, the Harvard Housing Office offers a number of other helpful resources. These include:

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