Harvard University Housing HUH manages approximately 3, apartments, offering a broad choice of locations, unit types, amenities, and sizes to meet the individual budgets and housing needs of eligible Harvard affiliates full-time graduate students, faculty members, and employees. Harvard affiliates may apply for Harvard University Housing online at www. The website also provides information about additional housing options and useful Harvard and community resources for incoming and current affiliates.
The data on apartments included in the analysis were obtained from a variety of sources, including rentals posted on the HUH Off-Campus Housing website by private-market property owners, information supplied by a real estate appraisal firm, and various non-Harvard rental websites, in order to provide comparable private rental market listings for competing apartment complexes in Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville.
Smith Campus Center, Massachusetts Ave. Comments to the committee may also be sent via email to leasing harvard. Any written comments should be submitted by Feb. Current HUH tenants who choose to extend their lease will receive, on average, a 5. Heat, hot water, electricity, and gas, where applicable, are included in all Harvard University Housing apartment rents; internet service and air conditioning may also be included where available.
Harvard University Housing tenants will receive an email in March with instructions on how to submit a request to either extend or terminate their current lease. Tenants who would like additional information or help in determining their continuing rental rates for — may call the HUH Leasing Office at The results of this market analysis and of other market research indicate that Harvard University Housing — market rents will be as listed below.
Heat, hot water, electricity, and gas, where applicable, are included in all Harvard University Housing apartment rents; internet service and air conditioning may also be included, where available. Reid Jr. This policy was established in by President Derek Bok based on recommendations from a study led by Professor Archibald Cox and the Committee on Affiliated Housing. The original faculty committee determined that market rate pricing was the fairest method of allocating apartments and that setting rents for Harvard University Housing below market rate would be a form of financial aid, which should be determined by each individual school, not via the rent setting process.
