The Leasing Team began accepting applications for the 2013-2014 academic year on March 1, 2012 and closed out the initial submission period on May 1, 2013 EDT. If you missed the May 1 date, however, you still can find a great HU Housing apartment. We will continue to accept housing applications for available apartments through February 2014. Our Currently Available list can be a great apartment resource for you. To learn more about Harvard University Housing's offerings for full time graduate students, faculty, and staff, explore the sections on this page. You can search our properties and see what we have to offer by using the Property Search box in the left hand navigation bar. To learn about the application and leasing process, click the tab on the upper left of this page: "I Want to Live in Harvard University Housing." Please call us at 617-495-3377 with any questions you may have or let us know if you have any comments or suggestions. We hope you will consider making your home with Harvard University Housing. Learn how to apply for Harvard University Housing See what we have to offer Special housing options Harvard Law School Students Support for faculty and administrator recruiters Home buying and selling services for Harvard faculty and staff

• 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, 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 properties in our Mount Auburn Group portfolio in the 2013-2014 academic year.

If you are recruiting faculty or administrators to the University, please contact Susan Keller. We will work one-on-one with candidates to help them find the home that meets their needs.

Click here to learn more about services for recruiters.

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The following home buying and selling services are available at no charge to all Harvard faculty and staff.

• Cash back on home purchases and sales – in the form of a rebate after closing
• Home buying and selling seminars
• Reduced mortgage rates and/or closing costs through preferred lenders
  

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Harvard University Housing offers these special housing options.

• Pet-friendly
  Dogs/Cats/Birds: Currently permitted in 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 to exceed 50 gallons.
  
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• 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
- 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
- 8A Mount Auburn Street
- 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, and all residence hall rooms at Cronkhite Graduate Center.
  
• 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 Streets, and Peabody Terrace, and all residence hall rooms at Cronkhite Graduate Center. 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.

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