The Concordia Student Union's Off-Campus Housing and Job Bank (HoJo) is a great place to start searching for off-campus housing. You must be an undergraduate student to have full access to the website.

HoJo also offers a variety of resources to help you with off-campus apartment hunting:

• Legal information, handouts and referral (not advice)
• Workshops on your rights as a tenant and worker
• A place to conduct your job/housing search (free phone, internet, newspaper classifieds, maps)
• Roommate conflict prevention (tips, accounting software, etc.)
• Safety resources (apartment checklist, workshops, etc.)
• Online Classified ads: (jobs, internships, volunteer positions, roommate profiles, books/furniture for sale)
  

• Ask if major appliances are included, such as refrigerator and stove, or if you will have to find your own.
• Apartment sizes come in the following:
  • a 1½ is a large room with kitchenette and bathroom; 
  • a 2½ is two separate rooms, plus bathroom.
  • a 3½ has a separate bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom;
  • a 4½ has two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bathroom; 
  • a 5½ usually has three bedrooms, and so on.
• Find out whether heat is included. If not, plan extra for winter costs.