Our sources include three private agencies who provide housing assistance, a housing bulletin board, agency apartment listings, and local newspapers. The private housing agencies provide pre-arranged host families or apartments. Each agency has an application and charges a nominal service fee to place students. The difference in cost is based on what is included and the location of the home or apartment. A housing bulletin board located at our International Center has additional advertisements of apartments for rent, students looking for roommates and local residents with a room for rent in their home.
New information is posted daily.
Students have the choice of contacting a private agency before arrival or waiting to make the housing arrangements after arriving in Los Angeles. Students should be prepared to stay in a motel or youth hostel until finding the housing opportunity of their choice. Guidance, motel names and phone numbers with nightly costs, apartment rental information, and agency application are presented in an information booklet and may be requested by contacting the International Student Center.