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The Center for Work and Family life is sharing this public information with university employees. Neither the Center nor the university of Southern California is responsible for the websites, content information or referral information provided unless otherwise specified.

The university cannot guarantee the safety of any individual lodging, has not inspected the locations and does not endorse any of the listed lodgings. This information is provided solely as a reference guide.

Therefore we encourage you to be an educated consumer and research all housing situations carefully before signing any legal documents with a landlord, management company, or realtor.

Apartment Rental Websites

USC Academic Senate Housing Exchange Program
This website puts faculty members going on leave or who have rooms to spare, and that they might wish to rent, in touch with likely renters and house-sitters.

Sabbatical Homes, Academics' Housing Network
A listing service to academics worldwide who temporarily need to offer or search house for rent, home exchange or house-sitting.

Craig's List
Craig's list provides local classifieds on housing for free in a non-commercial environment. Craiglist factsheet

Westside Rentals
Westside Rentals is an apartment and home rental finding service throughout Southern California, with ten years of experience.
Westside Headquarters:
1020 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, California 90401
Phone Numbers:
Westside: (310) 395-RENT
Hollywood: (323) 634-RENT
Pasadena: (626) 798-RENT

Sublet.com
Sublet.com is an international rental marketplace where tenants and landlords match their housing needs. Sublet.com advertises apartments for rent, roommates, sublets, subleases and houses for rent directly for owners. For telephone support call 201-845-7300.

Apartment Ratings
Described as the largest online rating community for rental housing, reaching approximately 30% of apartment hunters nationwide, it is among the Top 5 most-visited apartment hunting sites.

LA Apartment Rental Rates Provided by Apartment Ratings, this is a free tool to help both Los Angeles renters and landlords find out what prices tenants are actually paying.

Temporary Housing

Oakwood provides furnished and unfurnished apartments for corporate housing and extended stay rentals (long term, temporary housing, 30-day minimum stay). The website allows to select the location.

Extended Stay America (Hotel suites with kitchenettes for relocation, long-term assignments, temporary housing, etc.)
Use the website to check area listings and prices. Currently there are no listings in downtown LA, but there are listings in the metropolitan area (Burbank, Glendale, LAX, etc.)

The Inn at 657 A Bed and Breakfast in downtown Los Angeles, the Inn is located in the North University Park area just off Figueroa Street between the Los Angeles Convention Center and the University of Southern California.

Below are useful links in searching for off campus housing:
Los Angeles Times Classifieds
Los Angeles Downtown News

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