Howard University
- Off-Campus Housing

The Housing Is Not Worth Its Price

Housing in DC is expensive period, but when the landlords find out you are a Howard student they will either jack the price up or down. I live in northern va because the housing in dc is just too much it can go from anywhere between 795-900 dollars a month for a room in a shabby small townhouse. Its easier to live in the University Town Center (UTC) Apartments because of it convenient location (15 minutes away in Hyatsville MD, shuttle provided) and the utilities are included in the monthly rent which depends on the type of apartment or townhouse you got ($795 and up). Overall, if you got family in DC, MD or VA stay with them and save you some trouble because UTC housing is hard to get since it serves 5 ALL university students in the DC area.

Parking

Parking is a majoy issue for anyone living in the city. even if you have zone parking there is always the issude of street cleaning. And parking inforcement LOVE giving tickets

Off-Campus Housing

I chose to give Howard a grade of "B" for off-campus housing because I feel like they dedicate a decent amount of time towards trying to make sure that students find some place to live. Too often students complain about Howard not having enough housing for everyone, when that is almost impossible. Every college or university has more students than housing, however, Howard has created an entire off campus website that allows students to interact and hopefully find a roommate or even an apartment. Howard also has the annual off campus housing fair. Clubs within the school have even reached out to social media by making announcements of twitter about available Howard University off campus housing. Finally, one of the biggest places for students to live off campus, UTC, Howard provided a shuttle, this way students wouldn't have to worry about driving or metro. The university is doing the best it can considering the disproportionate numbers, it's up to the students to take advantage of it.