Subletting an Apartment Renting Your Own Apartment Checklist for Selecting Housing Introduction Getting settled in safe, comfortable, and affordable housing can be an important factor in enjoying your life in New York City. The metropolitan area offers a diverse array of housing options from which to choose, but your search for housing can be a challenging and sometimes complicated rocess. This book is designed to advise and assist you in this process, but remember that ultimately you are the best judge of your own housing needs and which situation will work best for you. You will probably need a temporary place to stay while you are conducting your search.
Regular hotels are expensive, but there are other options.
If you are a student your first step should be to check with your foreign student advisor or campus housing office to ask if there is an affordable facility near your school where you can stay until you locate permanent housing. Other temporary housing options include YMCA's, youth hostels, and temporary residences . These places provide rooms for anywhere from one night to one month,and some for even longer. If you are interested in staying in a residence on a longer term basis, you can look into the long term residences . Many of these residences fill up very quickly, so you should make arrangements for your stay well in advance.