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Apartment Resources
Below is a list of useful websites for apartment hunting or apartment
living.
- Apartment Gardening: Information on balcony, patio and window gardening.
- Apartment Living: A discussion forum for those living in apartments, condominiums and co-ops. Topics range from roommate problems, maintenance issues, leases to decorating.
- Apartment Ratings: Ratings and reviews by tenants of apartment living experiences.
- Apartment Renter's Resource: Features information on apartment hunting and living, landlords, leases and the hassles of each. Provides an online forum where you can ask questions and talk about landlord problems.
- Apartment Reviews: Features reviews of apartments by tenants. Provides an apartment rating form.
- Austin Tenants' Council: The Austin Tenants' Council is a resource for tenant-landlord information in the Austin, TX area.
- Bad Landlords: Resources for tenants listed by state and a forum for landlord/tenant rights discussion.
- Cleveland Tenants Organization: Provides information about the Ohio Landlord Tenant Law to Cleveland residents, and organizes Cleveland tenants.
- Coalition for Economic Survival: Tenants' rights organization working to empower tenants, secure rights and preserve affordable housing for greater Los Angeles area residents.
- Decorating for Renters: Tips on what you can and can not change in your apartment, wallpapering and window treatments.
- Defend Council Housing campaign against privatisation: Opposes privatization of council housing in England, Scotland, and Wales. It is supported by tenants federations, council trade unions, local campaign groups, MPs and councillors.
- Easy Roommate: Matching service for some US cities. Free to preview possibilities.
- Fair Housing Resource Center of Lake County: A non-profit, public supported agency in Lake County, Ohio, designed to promote fair housing. Deals with discrimination issues, predatory lending and non-accessible handicap issues.
- Find A College Roommate: Post an ad to find a college roommate within the US for a small fee or browse the bulletin board for free.
- Find a Housemate: Service devoted to house and flatsharing, worldwide. Advertise for a new roommate or search for accommodation.
- Flat-Sharer: Pay service to locate flatshares in the UK.
- Flatmate Selection and Security: Accommodation agency in Australia offering to pre screen potential flatmates, or advertise share accommodation.
- Good for Apartment Life: Provides a list of dog breeds suited to apartment living. Each breed is linked to a detailed description.
- Housepals: Search engine for bedsits, flatshares, houseshares and roommates in USA, UK, Australia, Canada and Ireland.
- International Union of Tenants: Information about other tenant organizations in the world, about secure tenure, about living and the environment, and about housing and tenant issues in the UN and in the European Union.
- LDSroomie.com: Find other LDS roommates in your area. Search by city and state. Free basic membership.
- Living In Your Apartment: Hints and tips to solving common storage, decoration, and styling problems.
- MetLife Renting an Apartment: A guide to renting an apartment and understanding tenants' rights and responsibilities before signing the lease.
- Metropolitan Tenants Organization (Chicago): Organizes, empowers, and educates tenants in Chicago.
- MoveOnIn: Provides roommate searching throughout the US. Can preview potential matches before paying. Picture uploading available.
- Next Roommate: For those who wish to find a roommate or have a room to share. Free service includes roommate profile with photos.
- Ohio landlord tenant law: News and information about tenants rights in Ohio.
- Ontario Tenants Rights: A web guide to Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Act, tenants' legal rights, social justice, affordable rental housing issues and finding apartments for rent.
- Rental Decorating Digest: Tips and tricks for decorating for the renter.
- Rights of Tenants in Maine: Tenants rights information for the state of Maine, provided by Pine Tree Legal Assistance a non-profit legal aid service.
- Roomatesville: An apartment and roommate finder, serving the USA and Canada.
- Roomie Match: Roommate matching by personality and lifestyle preferences as well as demographics. Serves all large US and Canadian cities. Free to submit a profile.
- Roommate: Free search via forums. Includes tips on picking the right roommate and negotiating conflict.
- Roommate Express: Looks using your online profile, you can submit payment at their office or through the website. Many US cities served.
- Roommate Finders: A flat fee promises careful screening with your compatibility factors and a "no turkeys" guarantee. NYC area only.
- Roommate Locator: Offers articles dealing with roommate and rental situations.
- Roommate Marketplace: Find and post roommates and rooms for rent in all cities. Interactive website to find suitable roommates.
- Roommate Nation: Find a roommate to share housing with anywhere in the U.S.A.
- Chinese Blog: Chinese blog with contents regarding internet, arts, entertaniment, etc.
- Roommates 4You: Roommate finding service with a large database. Features 100% free roommate classifieds.
- Roommates And Rooms: Free roommate finder service. Create a listing to contact roommates and rooms for rent in the USA.
- Roommates Online Network: Roommate search site for those looking to rent a room or have a room for rent. Services available for roommates throughout the U.S. Free to place ads.
- Rooms, flats and houses for graduates and professionals in the UK: A service offering rooms, flats and houses for graduates and professionals in the UK. Users can also link with other graduates and professionals to search for flats and houses.
- Internet Guide: provides online internet resources.
- Roomster: Roommate search service. Find affordable rooms matched on personality, not just rent and location.
- RoomVoter.com: Free site dedicated to helping US room seekers find new roommates as well as helping room posters screen new applicants.
- RoomYou.com: Provides an Internet rental housing service to find roommates in USA.
- Share Rent: Covers the US and Canada. Free to browse on their bulletin board or search listings.
- So You Wanna Decorate Your Apartment Cheaply?: This article explains how to evaluate the space in your apartment, decide on a style, choose a color scheme and find bargains when decorating your apartment.
- Space Management Survival Guide: Studio apartment solutions for "hiding and otherwise disguising belongings that needed to be stored in a small space."
- Tenant Net: Provides online resources for residential tenants with an emphasis on New York State. Information on other U.S. states, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom is available.
- Tenant Resource Center: Information about landlord-tenant law for Wisconsin residents
- Tenant Rights Net: Global resource For tenants, homeless people, refugees, first time home buyers and squatters.
- Tenants Union of Victoria (Australia): Community organization of tenants and community agencies to educate tenants in their rights and to improve the conditions of their housing and lives.
- Tenants' Union ACT: Provides free advice, information, and workshops for Australia. Works to improve tenancy rights and issues.
- The LemonClub Apartment Ratings: Apartment ratings based on the actual experience of tenants in the United States. Also includes a discussion forum for consumer and tenant issues.
- The San Francisco Tenants Union: Tenant counseling, lobbying, and organizing for San Francisco residents.
- The Tenants Union: Serves tenants in Washington State with advocacy, organizing, and counseling about tenants rights.
- UK Roommate Finder: This UK site allows tenants to look for a spare room and also landlords can advertise their rooms. The registration process is free
- Veggie Roommate: Free roommate finder services for vegetarians.
- Vermont Tenants, Inc.: Advocacy, information, and referrals for Vermont tenants.
- World Tenant: Links and articles to groups around the world. The site also provides information to help in setting up tenant groups.
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