About Off-Campus Student Services
Off-Campus Student Services (OCSS) maintains listings of rooms, houses, apartments, and roommate requests and provides Boulder maps, free copies of the Boulder Tenants' Guide, the Boulder Model Lease, subleasing agreements, furniture rental information, moving tips, renter's insurance, and other materials related to living off campus.
Our services are provided via the Web or on a walk-in basis. Use Ralphie's List or come to our office in UMC 313 to search for rentals or roommates and talk with student assistants about the Boulder housing market.
*Note: You must be a current fee-paying student to use our services.
OCSS Mission Statement
“Educating and supporting students in their development of independent life skills”
We accomplish this by:
- Helping students make informed choices about housing and roommates
- Encouraging students to become knowledgeable and responsible tenants and community members
- Assisting students in gaining the proficiency to problem solve when landlord and roommate difficulties arise
- Advocating an off-campus student perspective in the residential rental market as well as city policy making
Diversity Statement
Off-Campus Student Services offers a broad range of programs, opportunities, and resources to students seeking housing off-campus, educates students in understanding their rights and responsibilities as tenants, and assists students in resolving landlord/tenant problems and/or roommate conflicts. OCSS is an advocate and housing resource for students, faculty, and staff of all races, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, and religious and political belief, gender, age, class, familial status, or mental or physical disability. OCSS is fully committed to equal and fair access to housing for all students and to assist wherever possible to build bridges of respect, tolerance, and understanding in our off campus community and between our students.
Basic Services
Our primary function is to run and maintain a database of rental listings in the greater Boulder area. This includes listings in Superior, Longmont, Louisville, and surrounding areas.
- Assist students locating housing off campus.
- Educate students regarding city ordinances and quality of life violations in the Boulder area. Assistance with understanding your rights and responsibilities as a tenant.
- Landlord/Tenant mediation and intervention. Onsite Lawyer to review leases, answer any Landlord/Tenant questions
- University/City Liaison to improve relations between students and the city. Provides information on City Ordinances.