The Housing and Leasing Office will be closed on Monday, May 27, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday and will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28. Customer service and leasing activity for Harvard University Housing will resume at that time.

If you are a tenant in HU Housing and you require emergency maintenance or lockout service during this time, please contact your Property Management Office.

View and Select Window Assignments Have Been Emailed
Harvard affiliates that submitted a valid housing application by May 1, 2013 EDT have now been emailed their View and Select Window assignments. Although the View and Select windows include the largest inventory, Harvard University Housing (HUH) encourages applicants interested in HUH apartments to regularly monitor our Currently Available list, as apartments may become available on any given day! Please take this time to log in and get familiar with our website and properties.

If you have an approved application, you may view and select an apartment from the Currently Available list now. Apartments on the list at this time are available at several of our properties, in a range of sizes, amenities, and lease start dates from today through early June. Login to see what is available. If you are interested in visiting any of the apartments on the list, please contact the Leasing Office at 617-495-1459 to make arrangements.

Did you miss the May 1, 2013 submission date?
You can still apply for Harvard University Housing! We will continue to accept housing applications for available apartments through February 2014. The Currently Available list described above can be a great apartment resource for you.

• Please browse the links to the left for detailed information on the application and leasing processes.
• Search our properties using the box to the left to find ones that are right for you.
• Harvard Law School Students
• See What We Have To Offer
• Special Rental Options
• View our Rent Ranges and our rent setting policy

Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions.

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• Convenient locations!
  • Cambridge properties are within walking distance to Harvard Square and the Graduate Schools.
  • Soldiers Field Park and One Western Avenue are adjacent to the Harvard Business School.
  • Harvard@Trilogy is close to the Longwood Medical Area.
• Public and Harvard transportation systems are easily accessible.
• Heat, hot water, and electricity, and gas are included in your rent. Central air conditioning, where available, is also included in the rent.
• Stay connected! High-speed Internet service is provided in apartments at select locations. Free wireless Internet access is available in many of our common rooms.
• Properties are managed by Harvard University Housing; after-hours emergency services are available.
• Pet-friendly, non-smoking, and furnished apartments are available in many complexes. Many family-friendly properties feature on-site play areas.
• Laundry facilities are located in most properties.
• In-building fitness rooms are available to residents of Harvard@Trilogy, 5 Cowperthwaite Street, and 10 Akron Street.
• No security deposit, application fee, or finder’s fee required. Rents are conveniently paid via student term bill or payroll deduction.
• Sustainability practices are integrated into all of our operations, we offer green living programs, and several of our properties are LEED certified.
• Graduate Commons This interdisciplinary, community-based program is now available at 5 Cowperthwaite Street, 10 Akron Street, Peabody Terrace, and the Cronkhite Graduate Center. The program will expand to all buildings in our Mount Auburn Group portfolio in the 2013-2014 adacemic year.

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Harvard University Housing offers these special housing options.

• Pet-friendly
  Dogs/Cats/Birds: Currently permitted at certain apartments at 59 Banks Street, Botanic Gardens, 23-25 Flagg Street, 2 Grant Street, 17 Grant Street, Holden Green, 8A Mount Auburn Street, 21 Robinson Street, 5A Sacramento Street, Shaler Lane, Soldiers Field Park, 17 Ware Street, and 381 Western Avenue. At these apartments, there is a limit of one cat or one dog, not to exceed 40 pounds when full grown (breed restrictions apply), or two domesticated pet birds.
  
  Fish: Currently permitted at all HU Housing properties, except Cronkhite Graduate Center. Fish are limited to an aquarium that does not exceed 50 gallons.
  Learn more.
  
  
• Non-smoking
  Harvard University Housing (HUH) is continuing to expand its successful Non-smoking Housing Program, which began in 2008. Additional buildings will be designated as non-smoking effective July 1, 2013, and all units will be non-smoking effective July 1, 2014. In all smoke-free buildings, smoking is prohibited within the apartments, on apartment balconies/patios, near building entrances and exits, all exterior premises, and in all common areas within these buildings (hallways, stairways, elevators, laundry rooms, and in any other designated non-smoking areas). In buildings not designated as smoke-free, tenants who wish to smoke are allowed to do so only inside their apartment.

• Buildings currently designated as smoke-free (no smoking permitted) are:
  - 10 Akron Street
  - 18 Banks Street/8A Mount Auburn Street
  - 5 Cowperthwaite Street
  - Cronkhite Graduate Center
  - 29 Garden Street
  - 2 Grant Street
  - 4 Grant Street
  - Harvard@Trilogy (170 Brookline Avenue)
  - Holden Green 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, and 302
  - Peabody Terrace - Buildings 1—9 and Buildings 23-34
  - Soldiers Field Park - Buildings 1 and 2
  - 11-15 Sumner Road
  - One Western Avenue
  - Furnished apartments at 4-6 Mount Auburn Street and Peabody Terrace (most, a few are not designated smoke free)
  
  

  Effective July 1, 2013, the following buildings will also be designated as smoke-free (no smoking permitted):
  - Botanic Gardens
  - Haskins Hall
  - Holden Green 10–118, 201, 203, 213, 215, 217, 301, 305, and 307
  - Kirkland Court
  - 4-6 Mount Auburn Street
  - Peabody Terrace — Buildings 10-22
  - 20-20A Prescott Street
  - 22-24 Prescott Street
  - Shaler Lane
  - Soldiers Field Park — Buildings 3 and 4 (entries 3–15)
  - Terry Terrace

  Effective July 1, 2014, all of the remaining buildings in the HUH portfolio will be designated as non-smoking/smoke-free.

• Furnished
  Some apartments at 10 Akron Street, Harvard@Trilogy, 4-6 Mount Auburn Street, and Peabody Terrace.
  
• Cronkhite Graduate Center
  HUH offers 110 traditional furnished residence hall units in the Cronkhite Graduate Center.
  
• Graduate Commons Program
  Currently, all apartments at 10 Akron, 5 Cowperthwaite Street, Cronkhite Graduate Center, and Peabody Terrace. Expanding to 27 additional properties in the 2013-2014 academic year. Click here to learn more about this interdisciplinary, community-based program.

Availability of pet friendly, non-smoking, and furnished apartments as well as Cronkhite residence hall units is limited. Please visit the specfic property pages for more information.

HUH and HLS partners to reserve the HLS Graduate Student Housing Block comprising a number of apartments in Terry Terrace and 29 Garden Street that are available exclusively to HLS students. Click here for more information.