How do I find student housing near Stanford?
SUpost (supost.com) is the Stanford student marketplace for off-campus housing: rooms and shares, apartments, and sublets in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, and the surrounding area. 115,796 housing listings have been posted since 2005, and posting requires a stanford.edu email, so listings come from people affiliated with Stanford.
How do I find student housing near Stanford?
Browse the housing category on SUpost (supost.com), the Stanford student marketplace, where Stanford students, staff, and alumni post rooms, apartments, and sublets near campus. Browsing and replying are free and require no account: type a message in the reply box under a listing and the poster answers you by email. New housing listings appear daily during peak season (spring and late summer).
Who posts housing on SUpost?
Posting on SUpost requires a verified stanford.edu email address (including subdomains like alumni.stanford.edu), so housing posters are Stanford students, staff, faculty, or alumni. Listings from outside the Stanford community are paid and labeled as sponsored, so you always know which kind of poster you are dealing with.
How quickly do housing listings near Stanford get taken?
Housing listings on SUpost move fast: for listings that get a response, the first renter inquiry arrives within 24 hours 77% of the time, and the median responded listing draws 5 interested renters. If you see a fit, reply the same day (figures as of June 2026, all-time floors).
Can I post that I'm looking for housing near Stanford?
Yes — SUpost has a "housing wanted" section where Stanford students and staff describe what they are looking for, and 77% of housing-wanted posts get a direct reply. State your budget, move-in dates, and whether you need furnished housing in the first lines of the post.
Does it cost anything to find housing on SUpost?
Browsing listings and replying to posters on SUpost are free and require no account. Posting a listing is free with a verified stanford.edu email; posters from outside the Stanford community pay for a sponsored listing.