An analogous situation is the fact that most students need to know about employment opportunities, and the university provides the MBNA Career Education Center. Just as we need options and advice when seeking jobs, we could benefit from an Off-Campus Housing Center. It should be the responsibility of this office to provide information on available local housing, necessary deadlines, counseling on leases and landlord negotiations and relevant phone numbers. Knowing where students live now is the best way to keep track of eligibility. Finding housing in the Georgetown area can be a daunting task.
Properties open up unexpectedly and leases can be difficult to decipher.
Because of this, independent organizations such as Georgetown Properties cannot be the sole institutions upon which students rely for help. These companies are obviously out for profit first and may not always have the interests of the students in mind. This is yet another reason an off-campus center is a necessity. OHCS is responsible to an extent for the housing fiasco that engulfed the campus this spring. However, responsibility for making sure a similar situation does not resurface belongs to many.