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Harvard-Owned Housing

Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) owns and manages almost 3,000 apartments within about a one-mile radius of Harvard Square. These apartments range from one-room studios to two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments. Visit the Harvard Real Estate Services website, particularly the Harvard University Housing page, for complete information on rents, eligibility, apartment complexes, and maps.

An application is created online. Leases are typically for one year and end on June 30. Rental opportunities are offered by lottery. To have a place in the first round of the lottery, students should apply by April 26, 2009.

Two HRES housing complexes, 10 Akron Street and 5 Cowperthwaite Street, are part of the Graduate Commons Program. These residences provide programming designed to foster social and intellectual community among residents.

Cronkhite Graduate Center is a dormitory for Harvard graduate students. It is managed by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and has a mandatory meal plan. Application for a place in this residence is separate from the HRES process, and Cronkhite applications are due by April 30 (with a $75 application fee). Contracts for this residence are for 9 months (8/20/09-5/28/10).

Advantages of choosing Harvard-owned housing: The process of securing a place to live can be completed from any place that has Internet access. Students can be confident that the accommodations will be of acceptable quality without making a visit to Cambridge ahead of time. Tenants in Harvard-owned housing do not have to provide a security deposit, final month's rent, or brokers' fees. Rents are conveniently charged to the student's term bill.

For more information about Harvard Real Estate Services, students are welcome to call the Harvard Housing Office at 800.252.5020 or at 617.495.3377, or send an email message to hhousing@harvard.edu.

Those seeking information about Cronkhite Graduate Center may call 617.495.1252 or email housing@radcliffe.edu.

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Harvard-Owned Housing