Newly amended UCR student looking for housing
As the title states I got accepted in the Fall of 2026! Super excited but housing is really stressing me out!
I'm not the traditional student, I stayed at my community college for 4 years because I was working full time and studying, (couldn't stay with family complicated relationship), and have been providing for myself since I was18 until now.
Im trying to find a living sitution for me 24f, bf 24m and my small dog shorty (had another dog Anubis but he sadly passed due to cancer less then a week ago still hurts my heart thinking about it).
The reason why housing has been hard to find is because 1) I have a partner that isn't a UCR student and 2) I have a dog and 3) RENT! We all know that the housing market is ridiculous and Im only a student 😭 with that being said I have been renting for 4 years never been evicted, and have always paid my bills on time. I have a good chunk saved up so I know I can pay for rent and deposit (so can my partner) the problem is finding a place that will house us.
I was looking at housing off campus but all the student housing require each person in the house to pay per head, be students at UCR, and have CRAZY RULES such as no guest, no pets, etc. If Im paying 800-1,500 for a ROOM I better be able to have who ever over for however long (with my roommates consent).
Because of this I was looking into buying an RV with my partner but finding a long term RV park had been very hard and now Im on reddit looking for any advise please help!😭