This document provides information to help students find housing and transportation options off-campus in New Haven, Connecticut. It outlines various housing types including apartments, multi-family homes, single-family homes, condominiums, and rooms for rent. It also lists resources for finding housing like the UNH website, housing database, local realtor, apartment complexes, and community bulletin boards. Important questions to ask landlords and things to look for in apartments are highlighted. The document also discusses transportation options like buses, trains, shuttles, cars, and parking permits.

1. Finding A
Place to Live
and
Getting
Around!

2. Many housing options
• Apartment Complexes
• Multi Family Homes
• Single Family Homes
• Condominiums
• Rooms for Rent

3. Start at the UNH Website:
www.newhaven.edu/offcampushousing

4. UNH Housing Database
Find it:
• Under Student/
Tenant
Resources
• Search Off-
Campus Housing
• Open Realty

5. Website Also Has…..
• Fred A. Messore from Colonial Properties,
a local realtor to aid you in your search
• Listing of two local apartment complexes
(Hadley and Wintergreen)
• Blackboard Account to look/post a request
for roommates

6. Other places to look:
• International Services Office:
– Connections of student representatives from many countries that
may be able to help
• Newspapers:
– New Haven Register
– West Haven Voice (pick it up for free at ShopRite)
– New Haven Advocate
• Community Bulletin Boards
– Supermarkets (Shoprite, Stop & Shop)
– Hospitals

7. Important Questions To Ask
• What is the rent?
• Are utilities included in the rent?
• How much rent do they require up front?
• Do they require a security deposit?
• What type of lease (year long, month to month)?
• What documentation needed to sign a lease?
• If renting a room- what privileges do you have?

8. Important Things to Look For
• Is the street well lit?
• Are the neighboring buildings in good shape?
• Does the building have a secure lock?
• Are there good locks in the apartment
(deadbolt)?
• Is the apartment clean?
• Is there a fire escape or alternate exit?

9. Other things to consider..
• How close is the apartment to UNH?
• Can you walk to UNH and is it a safe walk?
• Is it near stores (grocery or convenience
stores)?
• Is it on the bus line (CT Transit)?
• Is it a direct bus to UNH or do you have to transfer?
• How late does the bus run?

10. Getting Around … By Bus
Connecticut Transit Bus Company
• UNH on 2 major bus routes
– O Bus- Route 1/Boston Post Rd
– B Bus – Campbell Avenue

11. Getting Around … by Train
UNH shuttle to Union Station
– Amtrak- access Northeast Corridor route
– Metro North- commuter train to New York City
– Shoreline East

12. Getting Around … by Shuttle
UNH Shuttle :
– Route 1 up to Milford mall
– Downtown New Haven
– Downtown West Haven (Regency/Savin
Court apartments)
– Shuttle schedule available on UNH
website

13. Getting Around… by Car
Need a UNH Parking Permit to park a car
on campus
1. Register online:
www.newhaven.edu/parking
• Need UNH Login and password
2. Pick up permit at Campus Police
• Need UNH ID, driver’s license and
car registration
3. Put permit on front windshield
passenger side
4. New permit each academic year

14. Getting around… by car