Affordable rental housing in Berkeley is in high demand at all times of the year but in extremely high demand during the summer months when new students, faculty and staff from U.C. Berkeley are actively looking for their housing before the start of school. In central Berkeley. Shattuck Ave is the major commercial strip running North and South with a BART station just two blocks west of U.C. Berkeley campus and City Hall and government offices located on nearby cross streets. Residential neighborhoods are within a few blocks of the major commercial streets with average priced apartments and homes for rent. Here you'll find convenience, more affordability and diversity.
Houses are small, sometimes run-down , but more affordable.
It's a community that is less transitional than many neighborhoods closer to campus and here you are more likely to get to know your neighbors. Westbrae A middle class neighborhood about two miles northwest of the U.C. campus. Mostly smaller more affordable single family homes, and a few apartment buildings. The north Berkeley Bart station is always walking distance away and biking to U.C. campus is easy. Some streets are on hills and many rentals can have bay views.